Barlow
#9,822 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Barlow has been given to 118 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #9,822 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1953, with 10 recorded.
Babies named Barlow, 2025
1 in 474,000
Barlow over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Barlow?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 474,000
- 7 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 244,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #9,822
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 328,272 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Barlow sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Barlow. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Barlows were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Barlow was born before 1953 — so the typical Barlow is around 72 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 27.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 30.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 74
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 27.1% of all recorded uses (32).
Is Barlow rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −731
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +2,416
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 70.0%
- Peak was 1953 (10)
- Years since peak
- 72
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 32.1% average annual change
Spellings of Barlow
Barlow is not the most common spelling — Carlos is, with 71.5% against Barlow's 0.03%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Barlow by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Barlow
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Barlow
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.