Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Baron

#1,413 most common boys' name of all time · #3,411 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#1,413
Rank overall
#3,411 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
7,059
Since 2016
1,227
Peak year
2008 #997
Best rank
#589 1966
Girls Boys peak 196/yr
192019401960198020002020

Baron first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 135 135 #1,371
2024 118 118 #1,511
2023 94 94 #1,747
2022 99 99 #1,711
2021 124 124 #1,454
2020 112 112 #1,505
2019 139 139 #1,314
2018 121 121 #1,446
2017 151 151 #1,214
2016 134 134 #1,332
2015 134 134 #1,318
2014 146 146 #1,240
2013 133 133 #1,298
2012 160 160 #1,148
2011 130 130 #1,311
2010 141 141 #1,248
2009 158 158 #1,155
2008 196 196 #997
2007 156 156 #1,144
2006 104 104 #1,472
2005 73 73 #1,791
2004 85 85 #1,559
2003 64 64 #1,847
2002 62 62 #1,839
2001 61 61 #1,822
2000 70 70 #1,656
1999 60 60 #1,722
1998 56 56 #1,799
1997 52 52 #1,819
1996 63 63 #1,576
1995 66 66 #1,467
1994 40 40 #2,055
1993 62 62 #1,500
1992 76 76 #1,294
1991 62 62 #1,446
1990 82 82 #1,207
1989 75 75 #1,247
1988 76 76 #1,158
1987 91 91 #1,000
1986 67 67 #1,156
1985 72 72 #1,095
1984 60 60 #1,182
1983 63 63 #1,134
1982 60 60 #1,199
1981 58 58 #1,202
1980 65 65 #1,131
1979 52 52 #1,283
1978 72 72 #1,029
1977 52 52 #1,229
1976 72 72 #982
1975 68 68 #996
1974 68 68 #995
1973 83 83 #876
1972 56 56 #1,092
1971 96 96 #824
1970 116 116 #768
1969 81 81 #854
1968 88 88 #790
1967 117 117 #689
1966 163 163 #589
1965 97 97 #752
1964 86 86 #814
1963 75 75 #871
1962 68 68 #922
1961 94 94 #789
1960 64 64 #950
1959 55 55 #1,042
1958 60 60 #989
1957 48 48 #1,110
1956 59 59 #975
1955 49 49 #1,082
1954 50 50 #1,063
1953 50 50 #1,030
1952 48 48 #1,053
1951 32 32 #1,321
1950 44 44 #1,072
1949 29 29 #1,369
1948 51 51 #988
1947 35 35 #1,249
1946 37 37 #1,155
1945 19 19 #1,573
1944 16 16 #1,786
1943 16 16 #1,887
1942 22 22 #1,527
1941 12 12 #2,162
1940 14 14 #1,958
1939 10 10 #2,391
1938 11 11 #2,281
1937 12 12 #2,164
1936 8 8 #2,749
1935 11 11 #2,341
1934 11 11 #2,346
1933 13 13 #2,057
1932 8 8 #2,965
1931 10 10 #2,575
1930 5 5 #4,153
1929 5 5 #4,119
1928 6 6 #3,841
1927 7 7 #3,571
1926 14 14 #2,266
1925 6 6 #3,870
1924 8 8 #3,347
1921 10 10 #2,909
1920 8 8 #3,311
1919 7 7 #3,515
1918 17 17 #1,985
1917 7 7 #3,318
1916 12 12 #2,351
1915 13 13 #2,159
1914 7 7 #2,783
1913 6 6 #2,674
1912 7 7 #2,211