Unisex name · since 1999
Baran
194 babies named Baran in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,140 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,015 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Baran is the #7015 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 194 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Baran recorded 194 times among boys since 1999, holding rank #7015 nationally today, ahead of 50% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #13,140 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,015 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 194 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baran ranks #13,140 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,015 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 194 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,140 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,015 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baran's 194 recorded births place it above 71.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Baran compares
194 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Baran's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baran | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 194 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Baran's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Baran popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Baran popularity over time - girls
101 total births recorded since 2010 (Baran as girls' name)
Baran by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Baran's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Baran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Baran's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Baran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Baran draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.