Barton
Barton was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,014 among boys’ names; 9,371 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,430 Americans named Barton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 50 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Barton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Barton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Barton is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “barley” (bere) and “enclosure” (tūn).
From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Barton?
#9,014 among boys’ names, 2025
Barton rose from #12,285 in 2015 to #9,014 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 4.7 per million.
245 babies in 1960, the peak
Barton peaked in 1960, when 245 boys were given it, #509 among boys’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #9,014 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,565 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #11,035 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,950 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,682 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,821 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,384 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,625 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,343 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,285 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #12,298 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,641 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,954 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,838 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,442 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,847 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,382 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,875 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,498 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,686 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,206 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,056 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,925 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,406 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,405 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,170 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,665 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,666 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,682 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,068 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,110 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,945 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,000 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,228 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,380 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 88 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 89 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 89 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 87 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 99 | #807 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 105 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 123 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 126 | #733 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 147 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 156 | #633 | 0.09 |
| 1968 | 165 | #591 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 138 | #637 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 171 | #577 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 174 | #578 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 189 | #575 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 218 | #537 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 214 | #540 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 208 | #547 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 245 | #509 | 0.11 |
| 1959 | 242 | #503 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 230 | #506 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 147 | #633 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 176 | #572 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 188 | #538 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 161 | #582 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 154 | #578 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 150 | #568 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 158 | #539 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 177 | #501 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 168 | #514 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 154 | #534 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 171 | #519 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 125 | #573 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 110 | #579 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 116 | #569 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 145 | #518 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 135 | #524 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 132 | #513 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 115 | #550 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 120 | #520 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 97 | #601 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 110 | #555 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 98 | #581 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 70 | #731 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 82 | #669 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 76 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 68 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 71 | #730 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 64 | #810 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 63 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 75 | #738 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 65 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 60 | #858 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 74 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 76 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 70 | #793 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 72 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 74 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 63 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 63 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 61 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 49 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 46 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 42 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 33 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 13 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,323 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 10 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,206 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 14 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 8 | #930 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 9 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 7 | #940 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 10 | #840 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 10 | #686 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 7 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 6 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 8 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 15 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 8 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 8 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 8 | #730 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 18 | #446 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 8 | #691 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 10 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1885 | 8 | #704 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 8 | #708 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 8 | #685 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 15 | #470 | 0.13 |
| 1881 | 7 | #714 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 5 | #925 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Barton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Barton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 141 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Barton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Barton, and how old are they?
5,430 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 9,371 Americans ever recorded as Barton. The median Barton alive today is 62 years old; half are between 50 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 5,950 people named Barton (33 women and girls, 5,917 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,079 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 394 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,340 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,670 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 755 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 174 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 105 |
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 Barton born?
The states with the most babies named Barton are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 769 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 633 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 543 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 505 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 363 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 346 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 224 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 127 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 103 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 96 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Barton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Barton is most over-represented in California: since 1910 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 Barton 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 11,964 babies since 1880, Barton is the most given (78% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 35 babies (23%), 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 Barton
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 Barton and names like it
- Compare Barton and BraytonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sBarton peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Barton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Barton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Barton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Barton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.