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Barclay

Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Barclay first appears in the U.S. data in 1912 and has been recorded in 91 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 26 babies (rank #1,707 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

978

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1912	6	#2,297
1913	9	#1,959
1914	6	#2,949
1915	6	#3,430
1917	9	#2,748
1918	11	#2,558
1919	5	#4,205
1920	7	#3,516
1922	10	#2,817
1923	10	#2,782
1925	8	#3,175
1926	6	#3,740
1928	9	#2,864
1929	9	#2,785
1930	10	#2,623
1931	10	#2,490
1932	11	#2,331
1933	9	#2,555
1934	13	#2,030
1935	6	#3,288
1936	6	#3,174
1937	11	#2,213
1938	12	#2,090
1939	11	#2,170
1940	7	#2,896
1941	15	#1,826
1942	8	#2,723
1943	17	#1,768
1944	11	#2,200
1945	7	#2,762
1946	9	#2,546
1947	11	#2,370
1948	22	#1,562
1949	14	#2,031
1950	14	#2,033
1951	15	#1,980
1952	17	#1,861
1953	12	#2,293
1954	13	#2,217
1955	7	#3,219
1956	12	#2,372
1957	10	#2,649
1958	18	#1,900
1959	13	#2,308
1960	8	#3,106
1961	9	#2,913
1962	11	#2,515
1963	10	#2,684
1964	7	#3,308
1965	10	#2,633
1966	15	#2,053
1967	9	#2,785
1968	15	#2,115
1969	21	#1,812
1970	26	#1,707
1971	21	#1,991
1972	15	#2,437
1973	7	#4,095
1974	14	#2,683
1975	12	#3,087
1976	17	#2,516
1977	11	#3,404
1978	12	#3,231
1979	12	#3,373
1980	11	#3,634
1981	11	#3,625
1982	15	#2,984
1983	13	#3,247
1984	7	#5,020
1985	17	#2,843
1986	12	#3,670
1987	10	#4,267
1988	12	#3,932
1989	7	#6,280
1990	8	#5,879
1991	9	#5,556
1992	6	#7,505
1993	9	#5,803
1994	10	#5,490
1995	6	#7,889
1996	9	#6,032
1997	8	#6,671
1999	6	#8,809
2001	5	#10,738
2004	5	#11,544
2005	5	#11,659
2009	7	#9,980
2011	6	#10,956
2016	5	#12,409
2018	5	#12,376
2021	6	#10,941