Boys' name · since 1913
Barron
Barron has 5,647 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,651 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #790 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,647
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
5,647 babies have been named Barron since 1913, making it today's #790 boys' name.
Barron has 5,647 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #790 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #1,651 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #790 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,647 born since 1913
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barron ranks #1,651 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #790 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,647 born since 1913, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,651 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #790 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,647
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
Barron's 5,647 recorded births place it above 96.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Barron compares
5,647 Top 12% higher than 88% of 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
Barron's all-time total is 15x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Barron | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,647 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 320 | 34 | 22,252 |
Barron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Barron's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 320, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Barron popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 320
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Barron by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,063 births, 19% of the file).
2020s was Barron's strongest decade.
1,063 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Barron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 51
1910s
51 births
- 1920s 92
1920s
92 births
- 1930s 114
1930s
114 births
- 1940s 237
1940s
237 births
- 1950s
1950s
464 births
- 1960s
1960s
759 births
- 1970s
1970s
564 births
- 1980s
1980s
459 births
- 1990s
1990s
459 births
- 2000s
2000s
490 births
- 2010s
2010s
895 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,063 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,063 births (19% of all-time use).
How Barron compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Barron's total volume
Barron by state
Where Barron concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 571 | 10.1% |
| #2 | California | | 448 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 150 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 147 | 2.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 94 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 83 | 1.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 81 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 74 | 1.3% |
571 of 5,647 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Barron appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Barrons (571 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1913–2025 (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 Barron 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.