Barry
Boy · BARR-ee · Irish
Barry is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair head”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,520th for boys in the US (114 babies).
What does Barry mean?
Irish: from Bairre, a pet form of Fionnbarr
“fair head”
Fionnbarr was the name of Saint Finbarr, patron saint of Cork.
- Say it
- BARR-ee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Barry a girl's or a boy's name?
Barry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 114 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Barry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Barry, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 91 boys.
Half of all the boys named Barry in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#53), 1944 (#20), 1954 (#33), 1964 (#42), 1974 (#48) and 1984 (#81).
Barry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,008 |
| 2008 | 40 | #795 |
| 2007 | 46 | #687 |
| 2006 | 39 | #744 |
| 2005 | 47 | #620 |
| 2004 | 48 | #592 |
| 2003 | 59 | #468 |
| 2002 | 43 | #549 |
| 2001 | 60 | #425 |
| 2000 | 54 | #443 |
| 1999 | 54 | #450 |
| 1998 | 74 | #360 |
| 1997 | 91 | #317 |
| 1996 | 78 | #337 |
How popular is Barry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,520among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 114about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were named Barry, making it the 1,520th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,325th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 6,585 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Barry in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Barry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,413 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,650 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,457 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,325 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,287 |
| 2018 | 155 | #1,207 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,321 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | 142 | #1,266 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,540 |
| 2012 | 113 | #1,458 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,395 |
| 2010 | 120 | #1,390 |
| 2009 | 149 | #1,209 |
| 2008 | 157 | #1,154 |
| 2007 | 159 | #1,129 |
| 2006 | 169 | #1,058 |
| 2005 | 157 | #1,052 |
| 2004 | 175 | #956 |
| 2003 | 199 | #866 |
| 2002 | 193 | #858 |
| 2001 | 210 | #798 |
| 2000 | 263 | #676 |
| 1999 | 267 | #645 |
| 1998 | 301 | #610 |
| 1997 | 316 | #583 |
| 1996 | 340 | #550 |
| 1995 | 353 | #540 |
| 1994 | 409 | #497 |
| 1993 | 484 | #451 |
| 1992 | 474 | #458 |
| 1991 | 587 | #385 |
| 1990 | 693 | #348 |
| 1989 | 700 | #332 |
| 1988 | 733 | #309 |
| 1987 | 791 | #277 |
| 1986 | 852 | #261 |
| 1985 | 966 | #240 |
| 1984 | 962 | #232 |
| 1983 | 993 | #225 |
| 1982 | 1,183 | #208 |
| 1981 | 1,346 | #186 |
| 1980 | 1,396 | #175 |
| 1979 | 1,401 | #170 |
| 1978 | 1,499 | #162 |
| 1977 | 1,458 | #164 |
| 1976 | 1,421 | #165 |
| 1975 | 1,481 | #164 |
| 1974 | 1,563 | #156 |
| 1973 | 1,515 | #159 |
| 1972 | 1,752 | #148 |
| 1971 | 2,359 | #133 |
| 1970 | 2,797 | #117 |
| 1969 | 3,060 | #99 |
| 1968 | 2,854 | #107 |
| 1967 | 3,208 | #96 |
| 1966 | 3,916 | #87 |
| 1965 | 4,324 | #86 |
| 1964 | 5,368 | #69 |
| 1963 | 5,953 | #67 |
| 1962 | 6,585 | #61 |
| 1961 | 6,220 | #66 |
| 1960 | 5,733 | #72 |
| 1959 | 5,601 | #73 |
| 1958 | 5,326 | #79 |
| 1957 | 5,790 | #72 |
| 1956 | 5,988 | #69 |
| 1955 | 5,599 | #70 |
| 1954 | 5,844 | #68 |
| 1953 | 5,182 | #73 |
| 1952 | 5,504 | #69 |
| 1951 | 5,284 | #71 |
| 1950 | 4,694 | #74 |
| 1949 | 4,607 | #73 |
| 1948 | 4,670 | #74 |
| 1947 | 5,472 | #68 |
| 1946 | 4,624 | #68 |
| 1945 | 3,138 | #84 |
| 1944 | 2,979 | #84 |
| 1943 | 3,193 | #82 |
| 1942 | 3,209 | #79 |
| 1941 | 2,465 | #91 |
| 1940 | 1,835 | #109 |
| 1939 | 1,376 | #127 |
| 1938 | 1,042 | #155 |
| 1937 | 726 | #182 |
| 1936 | 706 | #185 |
| 1935 | 729 | #183 |
| 1934 | 523 | #226 |
| 1933 | 490 | #235 |
| 1932 | 513 | #235 |
| 1931 | 299 | #315 |
| 1930 | 240 | #370 |
| 1929 | 147 | #483 |
| 1928 | 141 | #508 |
| 1927 | 98 | #638 |
| 1926 | 78 | #722 |
| 1925 | 69 | #793 |
| 1924 | 52 | #980 |
| 1923 | 54 | #930 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,247 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,062 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 33 | #967 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Nicknames for Barry
- Baz 13 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Barry
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