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Barry
Pronounced /ˈbæɹi/
Rank in 2024
#1,420
Born in 2024
130
Peak year
1962 · #61
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 130 boys were named Barry, about 1 in every 13,195.
- It peaked in 1962 with 6,584 babies, ranked #61.
- It first shows up in the records in 1883.
- 181,155 boys have been named Barry since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Barry per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 1.1Silent1928–45
- 2.8Boomers1946–64
- 1.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 759 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 23,751 babies, 1.15 per 1,000. Boomers: 104,040 babies, 2.77 per 1,000. Gen X: 36,008 babies, 1.32 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,868 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,067 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,586 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized form of Irish Bairre, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn (“white”) + barr (“head”). ==== Proper noun ==== Barry (plural Barrys) A male given name from Irish. A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales. ===== Quotations ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====
- A male given name from Irish.
- A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
- A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
- A diminutive of the male given name Barack.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈbæɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Barry, CC BY-SA 4.0.