# Barron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/barron/  
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 | Scottish |
| Meaning | “descendant of bearán”, “spear” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,647 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,647 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”). See Barnes, Barrington. * As a Spanish surname, augmentative of Barro. * As a French and Spanish surname, variant of Baron.

## What it means

Barron is grouped under sword.

## 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 | 66 | 2,036 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,156 |
| 2013 | 73 | 1,915 |
| 2014 | 71 | 2,001 |
| 2015 | 74 | 1,958 |
| 2016 | 95 | 1,665 |
| 2017 | 136 | 1,322 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1,433 |
| 2019 | 107 | 1,564 |
| 2020 | 137 | 1,313 |
| 2021 | 138 | 1,340 |
| 2022 | 121 | 1,496 |
| 2023 | 128 | 1,421 |
| 2024 | 219 | 1,019 |
| 2025 | 320 | 790 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Barron

- Barron Hilton, American hotelier (1927-2019)
- Andy Murray, British tennis player
- Geoffrey Taylor, Canadian rower (1890-1915)

## 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.