Barnaby

Popularity Trends

The name Barnaby is the #7,371 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 368 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,218 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 368 births since 1953.

Barnaby first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (first recorded for boys in 1953). Birth data for Barnaby is available in 45 out of the 71 years between 1953 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Barnaby reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #639) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Barnaby ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Barnaby".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

368

Peak Births

Peak Year

1974

First Recorded

1953

Peak Percentile

2.1%

Current Percentile

0.0%

Peak Rank

#639

Current Rank

#911

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Barnaby", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Barnaby.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Barnaby's popularity from 1950 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Barnaby at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Barnaby range from Mendy at 85.2% correlation to Kesha at 81.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 82.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Jason with 1.1M births (100% boys) and the least popular is Mindie with 487 births (100% girls).

Barnaby's share of births peaked at 11.7 births per million for boys in 1974. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (20% of peak) in 2005. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Barnaby had 2.7 births per million, 23% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Mendy

2,943

85.19% (very strong)

Ami

7,984

84.33% (very strong)

Mindi

4,405

82.66% (very strong)

Keva

1,253

82.48% (very strong)

Mistie

2,240

81.78% (very strong)

Jason

1.1M

81.71% (very strong)

Cristy

8,232

81.71% (very strong)

Misti

8,324

81.70% (very strong)

Mindie

487

81.70% (very strong)

Kisha

6,657

81.69% (very strong)

Tawanna

3,874

81.59% (very strong)

Kesha

5,240

81.45% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Barnaby

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Barnaby. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Barnaby is pronounced as BAHR-nuh-bee, which has 3 syllables.

BAHR-nuh-bee

100.0%

BAHR-nuh-bee (3 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

B AA1 R N AH0 B IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B AA1 R N AH0 B IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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