How Many People Are Named Barnes?
An estimated 104 people in the United States have the first name Barnes. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Barnes peaked in popularity in 2023 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Barnes as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Barnes paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
104
About 1 in 3,295,715 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2023
11 births
Total Registered
187
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Barnes
Barnes is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 187 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Barnes as a male name
Ranked #7,339 in 2023
11 male births in 2023
Peak: 2023 (11 births)
Barnes: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Barnes span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 45 babies were registered. While Barnes is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Barnes by Decade
How has Barnes tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Barnes + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Barnes as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Barnes
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Barnes: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Barnes?
We estimate approximately 104 people named Barnes are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,295,715 Americans share this first name.
Is Barnes a common name?
Barnes is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 65.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 187 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Barnes most popular?
Barnes reached peak popularity in 2023, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Barnes is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Barnes a male name?
Barnes is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Barnes Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Barnes Smith, Barnes Johnson, Barnes Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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