Barkley
Masculine
Barkley is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 318 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Barkley entered the US charts in 1920, peaked at #2055 in 1951, ranks #10695 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Barkley?
Barkley first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Barkley alive today was born around 1961, making them about 64 years old. About 200 people named Barkley are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Barkley most popular?
Barkley peaked in 1951, reaching #2055 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 8,640 places below that high. See the whole 1951 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1920
- Most boys named
- 199417 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2055reached in 1951
- Change vs 2021
- 0.0%6 in 2025, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Barkleys among us
people named Barkley are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Barkley
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Seymore test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Barkley's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Seymore climbed just as high around 1920, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Seymore's path sketches the road Barkley is walking now.
Barkley sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Barkley beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Barkley in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Frequently asked
- How many Barkleys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Barkley are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Barkley in 2025?
- Barkley ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Barkley?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Barkley — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Barkley with classmates?
- Barkley will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Barkley
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