Barrie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Barrie: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 14 years, it reached #234 in 1984, and it stood at #4,001 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Barrie's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2022

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1998	#1821
2001	#2220
2003	#2189
2005	#3849
2007	#4333
2022	#4001

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 7 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1972–1987
Highest recorded position: #234 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1972–1987).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4001 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Barrie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 46 births with the name.

Barrie across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Barrie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1235 (1996)	#4001 (2022)	7 of 27	37 (1996–2022)	10 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1972)	#234 (1984)	#303 (1987)	12 of 16	46 (1972–1987)	6 (1974)

Barrie 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 1972 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Barrie'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1972 and 2022, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 24 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
14 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,001position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

John-James · #237, 18y
Pio · #230, 15y
Brandon-Lee · #229, 24y
Dearbhaile · #229, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Alasdair · #234, 30y
Corina · #234, 44y
Emanuel · #234, 39y
Ayman · #233, 42y

Barrie was ranked #234 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1984. 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.

Barrie 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 Barrie without appearing here.

Barrie moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 1983 they stood at #330 and #282 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1984 that had become #234 and #274.

Moved ahead of Barrie

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1135.
Mathias Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1617.
Henrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.
Tayla Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1972 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Barrie

Barrie at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Barrie across 2 official records

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Barrie at a glance

What stands out in Barrie's record

Barrie across 2 official records

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Barrie

Barrie and the names beside it

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