Barnie
Barnie is a surname and nickname. Notable people with the name include:Billy Barnie (1853–1900), American Major League Baseball manager and catcher John Barnhill (1903–1973), American college football player, coach and athletics administrator Abraham Barnie Boonzaaier, South African rugby union player
Meaning & Origin of Barnie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Barnie is a surname and nickname. Notable people with the name include:Billy Barnie (1853–1900), American Major League Baseball manager and catcher John Barnhill (1903–1973), American college football player, coach and athletics administrator Abraham Barnie Boonzaaier, South African rugby union player
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The Story of Barnie
American parents first put Barnie on the record books as a baby boy name in 1892, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1927, when 23 Barnies were born — ranking #1,603 that year. About 29% of every Barnie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Barnie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 641 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Barnie
Barnie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1892 and has accumulated 641 births in the dataset. Barnie's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #1,603. Use the chart and map above to compare Barnie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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