Baron

#1,370 for boys in 2025, 135 births

Peak · boys
#589
1966 · 163 births
Debut · boys
1912
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,059
since 1912

Baron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Baron has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #589, 1966boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,370135
2024#1,510118
2023#1,74494
2022#1,70699
2021#1,454124
2020#1,503112
2019#1,312139
2018#1,443121
2017#1,213151
2016#1,329134
2015#1,317134
2014#1,240146
2013#1,297133
2012#1,145160
2011#1,309130
2010#1,245141
2009#1,153158
2008#995196
2007#1,144156
2006#1,467104
2005#1,79073
2004#1,55585
2003#1,84564
2002#1,83262
2001#1,81661
2000#1,65370
1999#1,72060
1998#1,79156
1997#1,81452
1996#1,57463
1995#1,46766
1994#2,04140
1993#1,49362
1992#1,29476
1991#1,44362
1990#1,20182
1989#1,24375
1988#1,15476
1987#99691
1986#1,15367
1985#1,09472
1984#1,17460
1983#1,13063
1982#1,19360
1981#1,19958
1980#1,12565
1979#1,27052
1978#1,02772
1977#1,22152
1976#97772
1975#99468
1974#99368
1973#87483
1972#1,08356
1971#82296
1970#767116
1969#85181
1968#78888
1967#687117
1966#589163
1965#75197
1964#81286
1963#86975
1962#91768
1961#78594
1960#94464
1959#1,03455
1958#97860
1957#1,10048
1956#96959
1955#1,07549
1954#1,05250
1953#1,02550
1952#1,04448
1951#1,29532
1950#1,06444
1949#1,34829
1948#97251
1947#1,23335
1946#1,14537
1945#1,53619
1944#1,73816
1943#1,83316
1942#1,49622
1941#2,08312
1940#1,89414
1939#2,28810
1938#2,18511
1937#2,08812
1936#2,6298
1935#2,24611
1934#2,26611
1933#1,99713
1932#2,8498
1931#2,47110
1930#4,0015
1929#3,9595
1928#3,6976
1927#3,4517
1926#2,18614
1925#3,7416
1924#3,2608
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1921#2,80410
1920#3,2088
1919#3,3917
1918#1,90517
1917#3,2177
1916#2,25912
1915#2,07013
1914#2,6517
1913#2,4966
1912#2,0457
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Baron! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Baron
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 140 spots since 2024 (#1,510 → #1,370)
  • 133 spots since 2020 (#1,503 → #1,370)
  • 53 spots since 2015 (#1,317 → #1,370)
  • Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1948 (#1,233 → #972)
  • Biggest drop: 376 spots in 1949 (#972 → #1,348)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1966 at #589 (163 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1960–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,409
  • Highest: 1 in 10,409 boys born in 2008 were named Baron (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,652 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #589 in 1966, was only 1 in 10,941 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 19.7% of all boys named Baron (1,389) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s76#1,905 (1918)#2,504
1920s64#2,186 (1926)#3,288
1930s99#1,997 (1933)#2,502
1940s251#972 (1948)#1,528
1950s495#969 (1956)#1,064
1960s933#589 (1966)#799
1970s735#767 (1970)#1,003
1980s687#996 (1987)#1,146
1990s619#1,201 (1990)#1,584
2000s1,029#995 (2008)#1,525
2010s1,389#1,145 (2012)#1,285
2020s682#1,370 (2025)#1,548

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Baron in 2014

boys
#1,240
146 births · 1 in 13,157 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #1,240Baron146
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 13,157 of them was named Baron, which outranked 91.2% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baron
  1. #1,237Idris147
  2. #1,237Josias147
  3. #1,237Lyndon147
  4. #1,240Baron146
  5. #1,240Gaige146
  6. #1,240Jaydan146
  7. #1,240Jesiah146
  8. #1,245Adler145
  9. #1,245Colson145
  10. #1,245Jaidyn145

Tied with 4 names at #1,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2014 →