Barney
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Barney
The name Barney is hot among hip Londoners and it has been above the Top 500 in the UK since 2012. You can see why - it's got a friendly happy sound and a lovely meaning and is more easily worn than Barnabas. However, Barney is a more difficult sell in America, due to Barney the Dinosaur and Barney Gumble, the loveable lout from The Simpsons. In the positive column for Barney are jazz clarinetist Barney Bigard and guitarist Barney Kessel. For those who love the name but can't get past the dinosaur, may we suggest the related names Bernard or Barnaby?
Barney is also given to girls.
Pronounced BAR-nee.
As of October 2026, Barney ranked #12274 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #202 in 1887.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Barney for boys
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Barney on lists
Famous Barneys
- Barnett "Barney" FrankBoy
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
- Barney KesselBoy
American jazz guitarist
- Albany Leon "Barney" BigardBoy
American jazz clarinetist
- Berna Eli "Barney" OldfieldBoy
American racing driver
- Barney MartinBoy
American actor
- Barney Ross (born DovBoy
Ber David Rosofsky), American boxer
- Barnaby John "Barney" HarwoodBoy
English TV personality
- Barnett Jerome "Barney" DansonBoy
Canadian cabinet minister
- Bernhard "Barney" DreyfussBoy
American baseball team owner
- Barney SedranBoy
American basketball player
- Barney Barnato (born Barnet Isaacs)Boy
South African diamond mogul
- Barney PeltyBoy
American baseball player
- (William) Barney McCoskyBoy
American baseball player
- Bernard Ernst "Barney" BerlingerBoy
American decathlete
- Barney AaronBoy
English boxer
- John "Barney" Yazici aka ThatGuyBarneyBoy
Turkish,American YouTuber
Barney in pop culture
- Barney FifeBoy
character from "The Andy Griffith Show"
- "Barney MillerBoy
" TV sitcom and its main character
- Charles Bernard "Barney" BartonBoy
Marvel comics character
- "Barney & FriendsBoy
" children's TV show about a purple dinosaur
- Barnabas "Barney" StinsonBoy
character from "How I Met Your Mother"
- Barney GumbleBoy
character from "The Simpsons"
- Barney RubbleBoy
character on "The Flintstones"
- "Barney Google and Snuffy SmithBoy
" comic strip
- Barney BearBoy
MGM animated character
- Barney SnowBoy
character in movie "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway"
- Barney RossBoy
a main character in "The Expendables" movies
- Barneys New YorkBoy
luxury American department store
- Barney ButterBoy
brand of almond butter
- Barney (Rubble)Boy
Cockney rhyming slang for "trouble"