Barnard
The boy's name Barnard has been in the national records since 1891, with 895 births to its name. It has not appeared in the national data since 1998. About 410 Barnards are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 61.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Barnard
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 895
- Estimated living today
- 410
- Median age today
- 61
- Peak year
- 1963
- Best rank
- 1,585th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1891
How old the living Barnards are
born that year still alive today
Of the 895 babies given the name since 1891, about 410 are alive — 46 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1964 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Barnards
- Barnard Hughes (1915–2006)American actor
- Barnard Elliott Bee (1824–1861)United States Army officer and Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War
People named Barnard with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Barnard is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1963
The most popular boys’ names the year Barnard peaked:
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Barnard against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.