Barron
Barron was given to 320 boys in 2025, #790 among boys’ names; 5,647 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,850 Americans named Barron and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 8 and 54.
Barron climbed 229 places in 2025, the #17 climb among the boys’ top 1,000.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Barron by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Barron mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Barron is “a male given name.”
As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron.
As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”). See Barnes, Barrington.
As a Spanish surname, augmentative of Barro.
As a French and Spanish surname, variant of Baron.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Barron?
#790 among boys’ names, 2025
Barron rose from #1,958 in 2015 to #790 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.04 to 0.19 per 1,000.
320 babies in 2025, the peak
Barron peaked in 2025, when 320 boys were given it, #790 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 219 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 320 | #790 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 219 | #1,019 | 0.13 |
| 2023 | 128 | #1,421 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,496 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 138 | #1,340 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 137 | #1,313 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 107 | #1,564 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,433 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,322 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 95 | #1,665 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 74 | #1,958 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,000 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 73 | #1,914 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,155 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,035 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 89 | #1,715 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,185 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 76 | #1,900 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,831 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,972 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,752 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,014 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,786 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,948 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,518 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,331 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,402 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,158 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,990 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,869 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,351 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,977 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,845 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 63 | #1,449 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,672 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,526 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 50 | #1,498 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,620 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,556 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,415 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,260 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 46 | #1,373 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,108 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 76 | #933 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 83 | #886 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 79 | #861 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 64 | #899 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 69 | #862 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 97 | #750 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 88 | #789 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 84 | #824 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 79 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 76 | #872 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,036 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 66 | #927 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 73 | #898 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,114 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,214 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 60 | #965 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,104 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 62 | #938 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,190 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,272 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,261 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,341 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,252 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,257 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,235 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,855 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,579 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,641 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,590 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,805 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,171 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,667 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,214 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,467 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,404 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,131 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,113 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,090 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,583 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,168 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,312 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,439 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,357 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,782 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,356 | under 0.01 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,386 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,613 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,770 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,124 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,291 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,112 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,858 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Barron a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Barron has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Barron: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Barron, and how old are they?
4,850 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 5,647 Americans ever recorded as Barron. The median Barron alive today is 26 years old; half are between 8 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 3,537 people named Barron (47 women and girls, 3,490 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,998 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 52 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 660 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 888 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 703 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 818 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,730 |
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 Barron born?
The states with the most babies named Barron are California, Texas and Florida, with 36% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 43 | #644 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 36 | #752 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 20 | #755 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 15 | #542 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 14 | #649 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 13 | #715 | 0.9× |
| New York | 13 | #956 | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #799 | 0.3× |
| Kentucky | 10 | #454 | 0.1× |
| Minnesota | 10 | #517 | 0.1× |
Where Barron is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Barron is most over-represented in Texas: since 1913 it was given 1.2 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 Barron 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 15,093 babies since 1880, Barron is the second most given (37% of them). In 2025 it was given to 320 of their 540 babies (59%), the 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 Barron
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 Barron and names like it
- Compare Barron and BaronBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBarron peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Barron since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Barron.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Barron alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.