girls:
766 births since 1931
#4950 (13th percentile)
boys:
181k births since 1883
#199 (96th percentile)
overall:
181.8k births since 1883
#422 (95th percentile)
The name Barry is the #422 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 181,785 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 94.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #199 (95.7% percentile) for all time with 181,019 births since 1883. For girls, it ranks #4,950 (13.4% percentile) for all time with 766 births since 1931.
Barry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 1931 for girls). Birth data for Barry is available in 132 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (132 years for boys and 55 years for girls). 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.
The name Barry has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Barry reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 90.9% percentile (ranked #61) with 3,132 births per million. The name was most common in 1962, with 3,132 births per million (ranked 90.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Barry ranks #812 for boys (10.9% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 1.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Barry reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #745) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Barry".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Barry. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.0% confident that Barry is pronounced as BA-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BEH-ree, at 39.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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