# Baron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/baron/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,059 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,059 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 67, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 1,309 |
| 2012 | 160 | 1,145 |
| 2013 | 133 | 1,298 |
| 2014 | 146 | 1,240 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,319 |
| 2016 | 134 | 1,329 |
| 2017 | 151 | 1,214 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,443 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,314 |
| 2020 | 112 | 1,505 |
| 2021 | 124 | 1,455 |
| 2022 | 99 | 1,707 |
| 2023 | 94 | 1,748 |
| 2024 | 118 | 1,512 |
| 2025 | 135 | 1,370 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 2,254 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Baron

- Baron Davis, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Charles Baron Clarke, British botanist (1832-1906)
- Baron Hill, American politician (born 1953)
- Baron Wolman, American photographer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.