Barnaby
A boys’ name of Aramaic origin, meaning son of consolation or encouragement.
Babies a year
273
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#185
273 babies · up from #195
Barnaby by the numbers
In 2025, 273 babies in England and Wales were named Barnaby. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1974, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Barnaby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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