Baron
#1,370 for boys in 2025, 135 births
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 163 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,059since 1912
Baron over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Baron has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,370 | 135 |
| 2024 | #1,510 | 118 |
| 2023 | #1,744 | 94 |
| 2022 | #1,706 | 99 |
| 2021 | #1,454 | 124 |
| 2020 | #1,503 | 112 |
| 2019 | #1,312 | 139 |
| 2018 | #1,443 | 121 |
| 2017 | #1,213 | 151 |
| 2016 | #1,329 | 134 |
| 2015 | #1,317 | 134 |
| 2014 | #1,240 | 146 |
| 2013 | #1,297 | 133 |
| 2012 | #1,145 | 160 |
| 2011 | #1,309 | 130 |
| 2010 | #1,245 | 141 |
| 2009 | #1,153 | 158 |
| 2008 | #995 | 196 |
| 2007 | #1,144 | 156 |
| 2006 | #1,467 | 104 |
| 2005 | #1,790 | 73 |
| 2004 | #1,555 | 85 |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 64 |
| 2002 | #1,832 | 62 |
| 2001 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | #1,653 | 70 |
| 1999 | #1,720 | 60 |
| 1998 | #1,791 | 56 |
| 1997 | #1,814 | 52 |
| 1996 | #1,574 | 63 |
| 1995 | #1,467 | 66 |
| 1994 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #1,493 | 62 |
| 1992 | #1,294 | 76 |
| 1991 | #1,443 | 62 |
| 1990 | #1,201 | 82 |
| 1989 | #1,243 | 75 |
| 1988 | #1,154 | 76 |
| 1987 | #996 | 91 |
| 1986 | #1,153 | 67 |
| 1985 | #1,094 | 72 |
| 1984 | #1,174 | 60 |
| 1983 | #1,130 | 63 |
| 1982 | #1,193 | 60 |
| 1981 | #1,199 | 58 |
| 1980 | #1,125 | 65 |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 52 |
| 1978 | #1,027 | 72 |
| 1977 | #1,221 | 52 |
| 1976 | #977 | 72 |
| 1975 | #994 | 68 |
| 1974 | #993 | 68 |
| 1973 | #874 | 83 |
| 1972 | #1,083 | 56 |
| 1971 | #822 | 96 |
| 1970 | #767 | 116 |
| 1969 | #851 | 81 |
| 1968 | #788 | 88 |
| 1967 | #687 | 117 |
| 1966 | #589 | 163 |
| 1965 | #751 | 97 |
| 1964 | #812 | 86 |
| 1963 | #869 | 75 |
| 1962 | #917 | 68 |
| 1961 | #785 | 94 |
| 1960 | #944 | 64 |
| 1959 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1958 | #978 | 60 |
| 1957 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #969 | 59 |
| 1955 | #1,075 | 49 |
| 1954 | #1,052 | 50 |
| 1953 | #1,025 | 50 |
| 1952 | #1,044 | 48 |
| 1951 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 44 |
| 1949 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #972 | 51 |
| 1947 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,145 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
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| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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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.
Where Baron is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Minnesota#531 · 1 in 3,651
- Kansas#558 · 1 in 3,349
- Oklahoma#667 · 1 in 4,291
- California#805 · 1 in 8,350
- Texas#1,009 · 1 in 10,359
Best ever in a state: #160 in Hawaii, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #531 | 8 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Kansas | #558 | 5 | 1 in 3,349 |
| Oklahoma | #667 | 5 | 1 in 4,291 |
| California | #805 | 29 | 1 in 8,350 |
| Texas | #1,009 | 18 | 1 in 10,359 |
| Florida | #1,054 | 10 | 1 in 9,530 |
| New York | #1,122 | 10 | 1 in 10,771 |
| Georgia | #1,252 | 5 | 1 in 11,804 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 76 | #1,905 (1918) | #2,504 |
| 1920s | 64 | #2,186 (1926) | #3,288 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,997 (1933) | #2,502 |
| 1940s | 251 | #972 (1948) | #1,528 |
| 1950s | 495 | #969 (1956) | #1,064 |
| 1960s | 933 | #589 (1966) | #799 |
| 1970s | 735 | #767 (1970) | #1,003 |
| 1980s | 687 | #996 (1987) | #1,146 |
| 1990s | 619 | #1,201 (1990) | #1,584 |
| 2000s | 1,029 | #995 (2008) | #1,525 |
| 2010s | 1,389 | #1,145 (2012) | #1,285 |
| 2020s | 682 | #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 2009
boys
#1,153
158 births · 1 in 12,554 boys
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 12,554 of them was named Baron, which outranked 92.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).