Barron

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Barron is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 219 births. Its best rank was 750th, in 1966.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2190.01% of boys
Peak year: 2024219 births
Best rank: #750in 1966
Since 1913: 5,327people given the name

Babies named Barron, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

5,327 boys have been named Barron in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 219 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2010s alone account for 17%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Barron
1910s	51
1920s	92
1930s	114
1940s	237
1950s	464
1960s	759
1970s	564
1980s	459
1990s	459
2000s	490
2010s	895
2020s	743

In 2024, its biggest year

Barron was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Barron

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Baron6,924 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.