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Barney

This name is a diminutive of Barnabas, Bernard or Barnaby.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈbɑɹ.ni/; British English /ˈbɑː.ni/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#12,008

Meaning and history

Barney is a diminutive form of Barnabas, Bernard, or Barnaby.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 6 births, rank #10,662
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: 6 births, rank #10,766
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 8 births, rank #8,789
2014: 5 births, rank #12,108
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
20162016: 7 births, rank #9,664
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 5 births, rank #12,145
2020: 5 births, rank #12,022
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: 7 births, rank #9,894
20252025: 5 births, rank #12,008

Barney moved from #924 to #946 for boys between 1974 and 1976. Its highest annual birth count came in 1919, with 304 births.

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