Barron — #1014 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Barron

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,327 babies named Barron between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barron currently holds the #1014 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 219 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barron performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 895 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Barron shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 535 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Barron in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barron in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,327 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.