Barry
Boy nameBarry has been given to 182,036 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It peaked in 1962.
Meaning & origin /ˈbæɹi/
Anglicized form of Irish Bairre, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn (“white”) + barr (“head”).
Origin: Irish
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
182,036
Peak year
1962 (6,611 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1883
10-year trend
▼ -20%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Barry
Barry Marshall
Nobel Prize winner, and Professor of Clinical Microbiology
Barry C. Barish
American physicist
Barry Bostwick
American actor
Barry Levinson
American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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