Barrington
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BARE-ing-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Barrington is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Barrington mean?
English: English surname from a place name
English surname taken from villages named Barrington, such as those in Cambridgeshire and Somerset.
Is Barrington a girl's or a boy's name?
Barrington is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Barrington in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Barrington, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1928.
Half of all the boys named Barrington in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Barrington in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
Nicknames for Barrington
- Barry 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Barrington
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brandon Bryson Colton Jameson Cameron Benjamin Tyson Landon Braxton Aaron Mason Jason
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Barrington: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/barrington, updated 20 October 2026.