Boy name Irish Gaelic origin

Barry

BAIR-ee · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Fair-haired or spear
Language
Irish Gaelic
Culture
Irish
Style era
modern
Themes
Irish · friendly
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1415
2024 births130
Peak year1962
First appeared1883
Total US births181,155
1962 peak18831918195419892024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
BarrieBarri
In other languages
BarraBarrymore

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