first name
BARTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,950 people named Barton, 91.1% reported their origin as White, 3.3% as Black and 2.2% as two or more races. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Barton peaked in 1960, when 245 babies got the name.
At least 9,371 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Barton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,170. The largest share of babies named Barton, 37.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Barton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Barton has been most common in Pennsylvania (2.2×), New York (1.7×), and California (1.6×), and least common in North Carolina (0.24×).
4,650 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Barton ranks #506 of 156,621, with 64,761 people. See Barton as a last name
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