# Barnaby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/barnaby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “prophet’s son”, “young warrior”, “rule”, “farmstead” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 380 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 380 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,557, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* English surname of Aramaic origin, from בַּר נְבִיָּא (bar nəḇiyyā, literally “prophet’s son”). * Also as an English surname, from Old English Beornwald, from beorn (“young warrior”) + wealdan (“rule”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”).

## What it means

Barnaby is grouped under warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | 8,821 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,662 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,807 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,819 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,614 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,901 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,628 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,793 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,000 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,245 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,848 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,583 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,471 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,030 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,273 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 214 | 228 |
| 2012 | 258 | 211 |
| 2013 | 251 | 212 |
| 2014 | 285 | 199 |
| 2015 | 280 | 207 |
| 2016 | 240 | 235 |
| 2017 | 230 | 233 |
| 2018 | 204 | 251 |
| 2019 | 189 | 259 |
| 2020 | 240 | 213 |
| 2021 | 222 | 229 |
| 2022 | 177 | 265 |
| 2023 | 201 | 241 |
| 2024 | 254 | 195 |
| 2025 | 273 | 185 |

## People named Barnaby

- Barnaby Joyce, Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
- Barnaby Metschurat, German actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.