Barton
#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,371since 1880
Barton over time
Rank among boys' names. Barton has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #1,702 | 47 |
| 1989 | #1,452 | 57 |
| 1988 | #1,307 | 62 |
| 1987 | #1,379 | 53 |
| 1986 | #1,118 | 71 |
| 1985 | #1,066 | 75 |
| 1984 | #1,076 | 69 |
| 1983 | #1,088 | 67 |
| 1982 | #1,096 | 69 |
| 1981 | #1,014 | 80 |
| 1980 | #957 | 88 |
| 1979 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1978 | #1,005 | 74 |
| 1977 | #899 | 89 |
| 1976 | #883 | 89 |
| 1975 | #886 | 87 |
| 1974 | #807 | 99 |
| 1973 | #776 | 105 |
| 1972 | #719 | 123 |
| 1971 | #733 | 126 |
| 1970 | #678 | 147 |
| 1969 | #633 | 156 |
| 1968 | #591 | 165 |
| 1967 | #637 | 138 |
| 1966 | #577 | 171 |
| 1965 | #578 | 174 |
| 1964 | #575 | 189 |
| 1963 | #537 | 218 |
| 1962 | #540 | 214 |
| 1961 | #547 | 208 |
| 1960 | #509 | 245 |
| 1959 | #503 | 242 |
| 1958 | #507 | 230 |
| 1957 | #634 | 147 |
| 1956 | #573 | 176 |
| 1955 | #539 | 188 |
| 1954 | #582 | 161 |
| 1953 | #579 | 154 |
| 1952 | #569 | 150 |
| 1951 | #540 | 158 |
| 1950 | #502 | 177 |
| 1949 | #515 | 168 |
| 1948 | #535 | 154 |
| 1947 | #518 | 171 |
| 1946 | #573 | 125 |
| 1945 | #579 | 110 |
| 1944 | #569 | 116 |
| 1943 | #518 | 145 |
| 1942 | #524 | 135 |
| 1941 | #513 | 132 |
| 1940 | #550 | 115 |
| 1939 | #519 | 120 |
| 1938 | #601 | 97 |
| 1937 | #555 | 110 |
| 1936 | #581 | 98 |
| 1935 | #731 | 70 |
| 1934 | #669 | 82 |
| 1933 | #677 | 76 |
| 1932 | #763 | 68 |
| 1931 | #729 | 71 |
| 1930 | #810 | 64 |
| 1929 | #815 | 63 |
| 1928 | #738 | 75 |
| 1927 | #825 | 65 |
| 1926 | #855 | 60 |
| 1925 | #766 | 74 |
| 1924 | #771 | 76 |
| 1923 | #791 | 70 |
| 1922 | #791 | 72 |
| 1921 | #780 | 74 |
| 1920 | #853 | 63 |
| 1919 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #824 | 63 |
| 1917 | #804 | 61 |
| 1916 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #916 | 46 |
| 1914 | #819 | 42 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #525 | 15 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #442 | 18 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | #469 | 15 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
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.
Where Barton is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#376 · 1 in 5,170
- Pennsylvania#517 · 1 in 10,475
- Georgia#560 · 1 in 7,619
- Illinois#747 · 1 in 13,048
- California#869 · 1 in 16,701
Best ever in a state: #199 in Utah, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #376 | 5 | 1 in 5,170 |
| Pennsylvania | #517 | 7 | 1 in 10,475 |
| Georgia | #560 | 5 | 1 in 7,619 |
| Illinois | #747 | 6 | 1 in 13,048 |
| California | #869 | 9 | 1 in 16,701 |
| Texas | #877 | 7 | 1 in 15,098 |
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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.
See more about Barton
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #442 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1920–1977
- 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%)
- 20.0% of all boys named Barton (1,878) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 95 | #442 (1888) | #661 |
| 1890s | 67 | #525 (1892) | #799 |
| 1900s | 70 | #640 (1906) | #903 |
| 1910s | 374 | #804 (1917) | #950 |
| 1920s | 692 | #738 (1928) | #799 |
| 1930s | 856 | #519 (1939) | #664 |
| 1940s | 1,371 | #513 (1941) | #539 |
| 1950s | 1,783 | #502 (1950) | #553 |
| 1960s | 1,878 | #509 (1960) | #572 |
| 1970s | 1,015 | #678 (1970) | #840 |
| 1980s | 691 | #957 (1980) | #1,155 |
| 1990s | 235 | #1,702 (1990) | #3,514 |
| 2000s | 117 | #4,389 (2000) | #6,689 |
| 2010s | 95 | #5,318 (2016) | #8,665 |
| 2020s | 32 | #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 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 15,882 of them was named Barton, which outranked 86.6% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #802Kennith100
- #802Osvaldo100
- #802Raymundo100
- #807Barton99
- #807Brandy99
- #807Cliff99
- #807Kraig99
- #813Carroll98
- #813Elvin98
- #813Frederic98
Tied with 5 names at #807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.