Baron

Where Baron comes from

Baron hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Baron Waqa born
    Nauruan politician
  3. 1966
    Peak, #589
    163 babies named Baron — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #851.
  5. 1979
    Baron Davis born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Baron Waqa · Nauruan politician, born 1959
  • Baron Davis · American basketball player, born 1979
  • Baron Hill · American politician, born 1953
  • Baron Wolman · American photographer, 1937–2020
  • Baron Geisler · Filipino actor, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.