How rare is the name Baron?

5,249 people in the United States have the first name Baron, about 1 in 57,541. It ranks #3,780 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BARON

#3,780

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,249
About
1 in 57,541
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,249 people named Baron, 50.8% reported their origin as White, 26.4% as Black and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Baron peaked in 2008, when 196 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
196
In 2025*
135 ▼31%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,059 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Baron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,871. The largest share of babies named Baron, 23.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#4,80076
1920s#6,77764
1930s#4,73399
1940s#2,979251
1950s#2,416495
1960s#1,871933
1970s#2,330735
1980s#2,782687
1990s#3,700619
2000s#3,2621,029
2010s#2,8311,389
2020s#3,265682
Greatest Generation 1901–271.8%
Silent Generation 1928–453%
Baby boom 1946–6414.6%
Generation X 1965–8019.1%
Millennials 1981–9615.2%
Generation Z 1997–1223.1%
2013 and later23.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Baron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Baron has been most common in Hawaii (3.1×), California (2.7×), and Texas (2.5×), and least common in Indiana (0.44×).

3,097 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Baron

1 other first name also has 5,249 people.

#3,780 Odalys · 5,249

Either side of Baron

#3,777 Ricki · 5,253#3,779 Princeton · 5,250#3,780 Odalys · 5,249#3,782 Brandt · 5,245

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Baron, most common first.

#5,007 Barron · 3,537#6,512 Bayron · 2,453#16,872 Bairon · 662#23,544 Baran · 415

Also a last name

As a last name, Baron ranks #2,288 of 156,621, with 15,523 people. See Baron as a last name

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