NameTides

Barra

Barra was the #170 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (29 babies).

Barra as a boy’s name

  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Barra as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52197019801990200020102020IrelandNorthern Ireland
Barra as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#395 (3)#170 (29)
2024#305 (5)#275 (15)
2023#272 (6)#243 (18)
2022#234 (8)#262 (18)
2021—#414 (8)
2020#213 (9)#433 (8)
2019#312 (5)#352 (11)
2018#187 (12)#572 (5)
2017#202 (10)#317 (13)
2016#207 (10)#389 (9)
2015#342 (4)#503 (6)
2014#264 (7)#403 (9)
2013#303 (5)#338 (12)
2012#346 (4)#500 (6)
2011—#540 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #170.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 820 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 820common

Next year

On its recent trend, Barra is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 680 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 370 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.