Barton

#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births

Peak · boys
1888 · 18 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,371
since 1880

Barton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Barton has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #442, 1888boys
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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#8,9108
2024#12,3495
2023
2022#10,8636
2021#10,7996
2020#9,5547
2019#6,77712
2018#6,34513
2017#7,54610
2016#5,31817
2015#12,0865
2014#12,1085
2013#6,60312
2012#8,8648
2011#8,7678
2010#12,2315
2009#6,80212
2008#8,3249
2007#9,7887
2006#6,46012
2005#7,6409
2004#8,1438
2003#5,03515
2002#4,91915
2001#5,39013
2000#4,38917
1999#4,16217
1998#4,65014
1997#6,6188
1996#3,67818
1995#4,05215
1994#3,10922
1993#2,94323
1992#2,00239
1991#2,22732
1990#1,70247
1989#1,45257
1988#1,30762
1987#1,37953
1986#1,11871
1985#1,06675
1984#1,07669
1983#1,08867
1982#1,09669
1981#1,01480
1980#95788
1979#1,01676
1978#1,00574
1977#89989
1976#88389
1975#88687
1974#80799
1973#776105
1972#719123
1971#733126
1970#678147
1969#633156
1968#591165
1967#637138
1966#577171
1965#578174
1964#575189
1963#537218
1962#540214
1961#547208
1960#509245
1959#503242
1958#507230
1957#634147
1956#573176
1955#539188
1954#582161
1953#579154
1952#569150
1951#540158
1950#502177
1949#515168
1948#535154
1947#518171
1946#573125
1945#579110
1944#569116
1943#518145
1942#524135
1941#513132
1940#550115
1939#519120
1938#60197
1937#555110
1936#58198
1935#73170
1934#66982
1933#67776
1932#76368
1931#72971
1930#81064
1929#81563
1928#73875
1927#82565
1926#85560
1925#76674
1924#77176
1923#79170
1922#79172
1921#78074
1920#85363
1919#1,03443
1918#82463
1917#80461
1916#89249
1915#91646
1914#81942
1913#83533
1912#1,13717
1911#92513
1910#1,3147
1909
1908#87710
1907#1,2006
1906#64014
1905#9198
1904#8109
1903#1,0096
1902#9337
1901
1900#83610
1899
1898#1,1215
1897#68110
1896#9007
1895
1894#9546
1893#7688
1892#52515
1891#7008
1890#7398
1889#7228
1888#44218
1887#6798
1886#60510
1885#7008
1884#7018
1883#6778
1882#46915
1881#7067
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Barton was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Barton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,439 spots since 2024 (#12,349#8,910)
  • 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554#8,910)
  • 3,176 spots since 2015 (#12,086#8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1911 (#1,314#925)
  • Biggest drop: 560 spots in 1907 (#640#1,200)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #442 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1920–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,714
  • Highest: 1 in 6,714 boys born in 1888 were named Barton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 20.0% of all boys named Barton (1,878) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s95#442 (1888)#661
1890s67#525 (1892)#799
1900s70#640 (1906)#903
1910s374#804 (1917)#950
1920s692#738 (1928)#799
1930s856#519 (1939)#664
1940s1,371#513 (1941)#539
1950s1,783#502 (1950)#553
1960s1,878#509 (1960)#572
1970s1,015#678 (1970)#840
1980s691#957 (1980)#1,155
1990s235#1,702 (1990)#3,514
2000s117#4,389 (2000)#6,689
2010s95#5,318 (2016)#8,665
2020s32#8,910 (2025)#10,495

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.

Barton in 1940

boys
#550
115 births · 1 in 10,080 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #550Barton115
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 10,080 of them was named Barton, which outranked 86.0% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barton
  1. #545Bernie116
  2. #545Luke116
  3. #545Windell116
  4. #550Barton115
  5. #550Betty115
  6. #550Hiram115
  7. #550Orlando115
  8. #554Julio114
  9. #555Arlen113
  10. #555Burl113

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940