Barry

maleStatistical record

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

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

Barry: Recorded every year since 1952, it reached #17 in 1985, and it stood at #402 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
151times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#17highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
38names it appears alongside

What stands out in Barry's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 49 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 38 other names across 7 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 74 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#441
1997	#538
1998	#544
1999	#809
2000	#848
2001	#786
2002	#824
2003	#912
2004	#815
2005	#1617
2006	#1401
2007	#1252
2008	#1343
2009	#1302
2010	#1801
2011	#2039
2012	#2721
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#2020
2016	#2027
2017	#3040
2018	#2259
2019	#2104
2020	#2404
2021	#2301
2022	#4001
2024	#3254

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 Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #30 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #17 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Barry appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 62 ranked years and 8,728 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Barry across 5 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.

Barry'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#69 (1964)	#17 (1985)	#402 (2025)	62 of 62	8,728 (1964–2025)	471 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#441 (1996)	#441 (1996)	#3254 (2024)	28 of 29	444 (1996–2024)	45 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#90 (1997)	#90 (1997)	#414 (2022)	21 of 26	184 (1997–2022)	30 (1997)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#30 (1952)	#30 (1952)	#97 (1973)	21 of 22	4,554 (1952–1973)	395 (1952)
New Zealand · Boys	#25 (1954)	#24 (1955)	#73 (1972)	19 of 19	3,624 (1954–1972)	290 (1954)

Barry by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Barry in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	511	6 of 10	85
1970s	2,912	10 of 10	291
1980sbusiest	3,573	10 of 10	357
1990s	1,177	10 of 10	118
2000s	378	10 of 10	38
2010s	138	10 of 10	14
2020s	39	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 357 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1985 and 1986, when recorded births fell by 132, from 471 to 339.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Barry 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 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #17 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Barry'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#912	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#786	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#848	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#544	34	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#538	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#441	45	High	Verified
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	188	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	199	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	242	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	241	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	258	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	275	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	308	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	321	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	325	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	340	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	371	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	395	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New Zealand	male	#73	99	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#68	109	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#66	106	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#71	113	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#60	124	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#66	115	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#62	124	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#46	160	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#43	181	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#45	191	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#35	221	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#34	234	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#32	229	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#31	252	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#33	241	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#24	289	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#26	256	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#24	290	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#25	290	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#167	12	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#185	10	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#210	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#172	10	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#157	10	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#162	10	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#140	12	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#126	15	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#130	15	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#90	30	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#345	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#310	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	21	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#284	16	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	35	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	28	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	39	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	35	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	43	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	35	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	38	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	43	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	57	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	56	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	53	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	98	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	87	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	104	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	123	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	112	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	175	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	165	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	204	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	200	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	241	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	267	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#31	339	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#17	471	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#23	396	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#24	409	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#22	443	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#27	384	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#22	423	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#26	359	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#20	407	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#25	348	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#24	381	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	263	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	287	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	260	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	246	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	211	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	150	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	135	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#61	96	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#67	82	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#67	77	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	59	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	62	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 74 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #17, first reached in 1985.

It held a top-100 place in 49 years, 49 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 471 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 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.

Barra · #170, 32y
Barrie · #234, 20y
Bartholomew · #81, 59y
Bartlomiej · #202, 47y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Eileen · #17, 79y
Keith · #17, 74y
Alfred · #18, 78y
Alison · #18, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Edward · #17, 76y
Keith · #17, 74y
Rodney · #17, 61y
Alexandra · #16, 64y

Comparisons involving Barry

Existing comparison pages where Barry and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Barry in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Gregory vs Barry
In 1964 they stood at #78 and #69 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2025 they were #829 and #402.
Gregory · Barry · 60 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Rory vs Barry
In 1964 they stood at #73 and #69 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #60 and #402.
Rory · Barry · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Henry vs Barry
In 1964 they stood at #60 and #69 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 9 places apart; by 2025 they were #76 and #402.
Henry · Barry · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Barry within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Barry vs Ross
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Barry and Ross averaged 4.0 places apart, ending at #97 and #93.
Barry · Ross · 21 shared years, 1952–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Barry vs Graeme
Across 20 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Barry and Graeme averaged 4.8 places apart, ending at #100 and #96.
Barry · Graeme · 20 shared years, 1952–1972 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Barry vs Ronald
Across 20 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Barry and Ronald averaged 5.3 places apart, ending at #100 and #88.
Barry · Ronald · 20 shared years, 1952–1972 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Barry and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jack vs Barry
In Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jack moved into the top 50 at #32 in 1993 as Barry fell out of it to #65, having been #48 the year before.
Jack · Barry · 53 shared years, 1970–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1993 Republic of Ireland ranking
Dylan vs Barry
In Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dylan moved into the top 50 at #33 in 1993 as Barry fell out of it to #65, having been #48 the year before.
Dylan · Barry · 55 shared years, 1969–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1993 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Barry measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Barry at its highest position.

Barry vs Ronan
In 1964 they stood at #69 and #67 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #402 and #86.
Barry · Ronan · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Barry vs Keith
Barry and Keith changed places 14 times in Republic of Ireland · Boys between 1964 and 2025, ending at #402 and #577.
Barry · Keith · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Steven vs Barry
Steven and Barry changed places 14 times in Republic of Ireland · Boys between 1964 and 2025, ending at #829 and #402.
Steven · Barry · 61 shared years, 1964–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Barry was ranked #17 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1985. 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.

Barry 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 Barry without appearing here.

Barry moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #3412.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Barry

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #815 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1617 and #615.
Garry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2404 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #3048.
Kelly Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #3048.

Moved the opposite way to Barry

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Barry

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 and Frank from #164 to #286.
Julian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Barry went from #69 to #402 and Julian from #191 to #348.

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 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #17 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Barry

Barry at a glance

What stands out in Barry's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Barry across 5 official records

Barry by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Barry appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Barry

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Barry

Barry and the names beside it

Barry moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Barry

Moved the opposite way to Barry

Moved the same way as Barry

Barry at a glance

What stands out in Barry's record

Barry across 5 official records

Barry by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Barry appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Barry

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Barry

Barry and the names beside it

Barry moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Barry

Moved the opposite way to Barry

Moved the same way as Barry