# Barrie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/barrie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,045 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,337 / 1,708 (56% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 22 | 3,622 |
| 1985 | 15 | 4,882 |
| 1986 | 14 | 5,208 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,634 |
| 1988 | 9 | 7,755 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,581 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,355 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7,476 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,128 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10,730 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10,693 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,646 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,268 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,741 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13,841 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 9 | 3,865 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,187 |
| 1979 | 13 | 3,187 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,536 |
| 1981 | 10 | 3,881 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,411 |
| 1986 | 8 | 4,891 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,166 |
| 1988 | 12 | 3,932 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,844 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,353 |
| 1994 | 5 | 8,910 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,226 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,586 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10 | 1,235 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## People named Barrie

- Barrie M. Osborne, American film producer
- Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer
- Barrie Ingham, English actor (1932-2015)
- Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., American jazz musician, music director and band leader (1949–2011)

## 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.