Names / Girl names
Bari
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#1,237
in 1960
First recorded
1937
in U.S. data
Children named
1,900
since 1937
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,237 in 1960 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(BAH-ree): Compact and easy. It enters U.S. records in American naming data in 1937. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Its strongest year was 1960, at #1,237 nationally. Over 1,900 have carried it since records began.