Boys' name · since 1880
Barton
Barton has 9,371 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,258 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,918 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,371
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
Barton currently ranks #8918 among boys' names in America, with 9,371 babies recorded since 1880.
Barton has 9,371 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8918 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of boys, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,258 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,918 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 9,371 born since 1880
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barton ranks #1,258 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,918 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 9,371 born since 1880, peaking in the 1960s.
- #1,258 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,918 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,371
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
Barton's 9,371 recorded births place it above 97.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Barton compares
9,371 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Barton's all-time total is 25x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Barton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,371 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 245 | 34 | 22,252 |
Barton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Barton splits its recorded history at 1954: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 245 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Barton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 245
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Barton by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (1,878 births, 20% of the file).
1960s was Barton's strongest decade.
1,878 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Barton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 95
1880s
95 births
- 1890s 67
1890s
67 births
- 1900s 70
1900s
70 births
- 1910s 374
1910s
374 births
- 1920s 692
1920s
692 births
- 1930s
1930s
856 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,371 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,783 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,878 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,015 births
- 1980s 691
1980s
691 births
- 1990s 235
1990s
235 births
- 2000s 117
2000s
117 births
- 2010s 95
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 1,878 births (20% of all-time use).
How Barton 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 Barton's total volume
Barton by state
Where Barton concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 769 | 8.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 633 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 543 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 505 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 363 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 346 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 224 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 127 | 1.4% |
769 of 9,371 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Barton appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Barton's data
- Barton's decade-level peak was the 1960s (1,878 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Bartons (769 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Barton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
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, 1880–2025 (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 Barton 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.