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How popular is the name Barry?
Births per year, rank history and how many Barries are alive today.
Barry (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 6 in 2024, ranked 3255th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1944, when around 3,700 babies were given the name, the 20th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 12,000 babies have been named Barry in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Barry is one spelling of a name also recorded as Barrie; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Barry you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Barries born in England and Wales are between 55 and 77, and there are at least 96,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 27% chance that at least one of them will be called Barry.
How many babies are named Barry each year?
Includes all spellings: Barry, Barrie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Barry spelling rank?
Where does the Barrie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Barry most popular?
Barry peaked in 1944, when around 3,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Barry?
At least 96,000 people named Barry in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Barry?
Most living Barries are between 55 and 77; the most common age is about 62.
Is Barry becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak.