Baron
Baron was given to 135 boys in 2025, #1,370 among boys’ names; 7,059 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,190 Americans named Baron and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 13 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Baron by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Baron?
#1,370 among boys’ names, 2025
Baron fell from #1,319 in 2015 to #1,370 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 69.9 to 79.0 per million.
196 babies in 2008, the peak
Baron peaked in 2008, when 196 boys were given it, #995 among boys’ names. The 135 births of 2025 are 69% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,370 | 79.0 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,512 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 94 | #1,748 | 55.0 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,707 | 56.7 |
| 2021 | 124 | #1,455 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,505 | 64.9 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,314 | 77.5 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,443 | 66.6 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,214 | 81.6 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,329 | 70.6 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 134 | #1,319 | 69.9 |
| 2014 | 146 | #1,240 | 76.0 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,298 | 70.3 |
| 2012 | 160 | #1,145 | 84.3 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,309 | 68.4 |
| 2010 | 141 | #1,246 | 73.5 |
| 2009 | 158 | #1,153 | 79.7 |
| 2008 | 196 | #995 | 96.1 |
| 2007 | 156 | #1,144 | 75.2 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,468 | 50.6 |
| 2005 | 73 | #1,787 | 36.5 |
| 2004 | 85 | #1,553 | 42.8 |
| 2003 | 64 | #1,843 | 32.4 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,831 | 31.9 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,814 | 31.4 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,650 | 35.6 |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,720 | 31.2 |
| 1998 | 56 | #1,790 | 29.3 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,811 | 27.6 |
| 1996 | 63 | #1,571 | 33.3 |
| 1995 | 66 | #1,463 | 34.7 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,040 | 20.7 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,489 | 31.6 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,289 | 38.0 |
| 1991 | 62 | #1,437 | 30.7 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,198 | 39.9 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,238 | 37.5 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,152 | 39.7 |
| 1987 | 91 | #996 | 48.7 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,152 | 36.4 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,094 | 39.0 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 | 33.2 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,131 | 35.1 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,192 | 33.1 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,199 | 32.4 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,125 | 36.4 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,270 | 30.2 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,028 | 43.9 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 | 31.6 |
| 1976 | 72 | #978 | 45.9 |
| 1975 | 68 | #994 | 43.6 |
| 1974 | 68 | #993 | 43.2 |
| 1973 | 83 | #874 | 53.3 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,085 | 34.5 |
| 1971 | 96 | #822 | 54.3 |
| 1970 | 116 | #767 | 62.4 |
| 1969 | 81 | #852 | 45.3 |
| 1968 | 88 | #788 | 50.6 |
| 1967 | 117 | #687 | 67.1 |
| 1966 | 163 | #589 | 91.4 |
| 1965 | 97 | #751 | 52.1 |
| 1964 | 86 | #813 | 43.2 |
| 1963 | 75 | #869 | 36.9 |
| 1962 | 68 | #918 | 32.9 |
| 1961 | 94 | #784 | 44.3 |
| 1960 | 64 | #943 | 30.0 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,035 | 25.8 |
| 1958 | 60 | #979 | 28.3 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,101 | 22.3 |
| 1956 | 59 | #969 | 27.9 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,077 | 23.8 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,052 | 24.5 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,024 | 25.4 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,043 | 24.7 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,298 | 17.0 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,065 | 24.6 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 | 16.3 |
| 1948 | 51 | #973 | 29.1 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,234 | 19.1 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,145 | 22.8 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,538 | 14.1 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,741 | 11.7 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,839 | 11.2 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,499 | 15.9 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,090 | 9.8 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,901 | 12.1 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,300 | 9.0 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,195 | 9.9 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,093 | 11.3 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,652 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,257 | 10.6 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,277 | 10.7 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,000 | 13.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,868 | 7.7 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,490 | 9.6 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,040 | 4.6 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,004 | 4.6 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,736 | 5.4 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,478 | 6.2 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,200 | 12.6 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,768 | 5.4 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,288 | 7.1 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,820 | 9.1 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,233 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,424 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,910 | 16.8 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,247 | 7.6 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,272 | 13.5 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,074 | 15.3 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,669 | 10.7 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,524 | 11.7 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,063 | 16.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Baron a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Baron has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 112 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Baron: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Baron, and how old are they?
6,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 7,059 Americans ever recorded as Baron. The median Baron alive today is 27 years old; half are between 13 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 5,249 people named Baron (29 women and girls, 5,220 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,728 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 50 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 708 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,180 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,610 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,630 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Baron born?
The states with the most babies named Baron are California, Texas and Michigan, with 55% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 17 | #1,160 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 15 | #1,302 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 9 | #774 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 6 | #1,652 | 0.6× |
| Kansas | 6 | #530 | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 6 | #848 | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,287 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,292 | 0.4× |
| Louisiana | 5 | #788 | 0.6× |
Where Baron is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Baron is most over-represented in California: since 1912 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Baron with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 15,749 babies since 1880, Baron is the most given (45% of them). In 2025 it was given to 135 of their 531 babies (25%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Baron
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Baron and names like it
- Compare Baron and BarronBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sBaron peaked in 2008.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Baron since 1910.
- The top names of 2008The year the most babies were named Baron.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Baron alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.