Barnaby

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Barnaby: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Barnaby: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #195, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#195highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#251
1997	#263
1998	#270
1999	#290
2000	#285
2001	#259
2002	#267
2003	#248
2004	#231
2005	#234
2006	#236
2007	#259
2008	#247
2009	#247
2010	#224
2011	#228
2012	#211
2013	#212
2014	#199
2015	#207
2016	#235
2017	#233
2018	#251
2019	#259
2020	#213
2021	#229
2022	#265
2023	#241
2024	#195

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #195 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #251 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #195 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #195 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Barnaby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Barnaby in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	417	4 of 10	104
2000s	1,408	10 of 10	141
2010sbusiest	2,365	10 of 10	237
2020s	1,094	5 of 10	219

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 237 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 53, from 201 to 254.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Barnaby appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #195 in England and Wales in 2024.

Barnaby's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#195	254	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#241	201	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#265	177	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#229	222	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#213	240	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#259	189	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#251	204	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#233	230	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#235	240	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#207	280	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#199	285	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#212	251	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#211	258	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#228	214	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#224	214	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#247	178	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#247	175	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#259	156	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#236	162	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#234	152	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#231	149	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#248	127	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#267	106	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#259	107	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#285	96	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#290	94	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#270	103	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#263	107	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#251	113	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #195, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 285 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jacintha · #194, 24y
Ieuan · #193, 29y
Donatas · #199, 26y
Miller · #199, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Emmeli · #195, 22y
Kallum · #194, 28y
Kendra · #194, 29y
Liadh · #196, 30y

Barnaby was ranked #195 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Barnaby and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Barnaby without appearing here.

Barnaby moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 1996 they stood at #251 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #263 and #399.
Brett Compare
In 2000 they stood at #285 and #246 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #259 and #341.
Hayden Compare
In 2019 they stood at #259 and #242 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #213 and #288.
Kevin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #241 and #210 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #195 and #264.

Moved ahead of Barnaby

Jayden Compare
In 1998 they stood at #270 and #310 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #290 and #189.
Riley Compare
In 1999 they stood at #290 and #297 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #285 and #194.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #263 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #270 and #182.
Finlay Compare
In 1997 they stood at #263 and #298 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #270 and #183.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #195 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Barnaby

Barnaby at a glance

What the data shows

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Barnaby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Barnaby at a glance

Barnaby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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