Barney

M View in Terminal

Barney closed 2025 at #12,274 on the boys' board: 5 boys, 0.000% of the market. The ten-year move is -7% (-54% over thirty); it peaked in 1919 at 304 boys (#319 that year), and has moved 16,090 units since first listing in 1880.

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1880
First listed
16,090
All-time boys
1919
Busiest year (304 babies)
5
Babies born
#12,274
Rank (M)
0.000%
Share of boys
-7%
10-yr change
-54%
30-yr change
Barney M View in Terminal
State distribution · Barney M · 2021–25
No state books to open — the SSA seals any state print under five babies a year, and Barney trades too thin on the boys' board for one to survive.
Trades near Barney · 2025 boys' board
RankNameBabies’16–’25
#12,269BahrM5
#12,270BakaryM5
#12,271BaldomeroM5
#12,272BamM5
#12,273BarnabyM5
#12,274BarneyM5
#12,275BasemM5
#12,276BasirM5
#12,277BasselM5
#12,278BatuM5
#12,279BeaudinM5
Origin

Barney: Diminutive of Barnabas; transferred from a surname, also from Old English.

Same shelf:

RankNameBabies’16–’25
#9,161EvelynFM8
#17HudsonFM8,583
#27CooperFM7,472
#1,980HarperFM77
#45CarterFM6,024
#36JacksonFM6,582
Go deeper

The static quote above is the 2025-release close. For the live desk — multi-name compare, range tabs, year-by-year scrubbing — open the listing in the terminal.

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