Barron

Where Barron comes from

* As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”). See Barnes, Barrington. * As a Spanish surname, augmentative of Barro. * As a French and Spanish surname, variant of Baron.
— Wiktionary's entry for Barron
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Barron Hilton born
    American hotelier
  3. 1966
    Peak, #750
    97 babies named Barron — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,345.
  5. 2006
    Barron Trump born
    son of Donald Trump
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Barron Trump · son of Donald Trump, born 2006
  • Barron Hilton · American hotelier, 1927–2019
  • Barron Patterson McCune · United States federal judge, 1915–2008
  • Barron Miles · American football player and coach, born 1972
  • Barron Collier · American advertising pioneer and businessman, 1873–1939

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.