Barton
Barton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 446th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1960245 births
- Best rank
- #446in 1888
- Since 1880
- 9,364people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,364 boys have been named Barton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 245 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 245 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1960s alone account for 20%. It has spent 89 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Barton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | |
| 1890s | 67 | |
| 1900s | 70 | |
| 1910s | 374 | |
| 1920s | 692 | |
| 1930s | 856 | |
| 1940s | 1,371 | |
| 1950s | 1,783 | |
| 1960s | 1,878 | |
| 1970s | 1,016 | |
| 1980s | 691 | |
| 1990s | 235 | |
| 2000s | 117 | |
| 2010s | 95 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Barton was the 509th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Barton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nealpeak 1959
- Peterpeak 1957
- Thomaspeak 1952
- Allenpeak 1951
- Fredrickpeak 1953
- Denniepeak 1946
- Jamespeak 1947
- Erniepeak 1959
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.