Barnabas

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Barnabas first appears in the U.S. data in 1920 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 24 babies (rank #4,234 that year). In 2024 it was given to 22 boys (rank #4,571). The name has been rising over the last five years.
575
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
24
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
19205#4,346
19365#3,580
19505#3,725
19525#3,783
19535#3,848
19595#4,035
19645#4,086
19666#3,561
19677#3,255
19686#3,708
196910#2,883
19707#3,876
19716#4,430
19726#4,482
19739#3,472
19766#4,986
19777#4,633
197810#3,636
19796#5,416
19809#4,170
19827#5,059
19837#4,967
19848#4,590
19857#5,194
198610#4,156
19879#4,601
19889#4,819
19898#5,680
199010#5,025
199111#4,786
19929#5,694
19935#8,820
199411#5,135
19957#7,054
19967#7,213
199710#5,687
199810#5,877
200010#6,367
20029#7,100
20038#7,922
200510#7,170
20069#8,063
20077#9,880
20089#8,386
200910#7,746
20109#8,215
20119#8,151
20128#8,959
201318#4,998
201414#6,025
201515#5,770
201613#6,400
201724#4,234
20189#8,239
201917#5,370
202022#4,437
202116#5,590
202213#6,522
202319#5,090
202422#4,571