# Barton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/barton/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “barley”, “enclosure” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,371 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,371 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 12,449 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,845 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8,960 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,646 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,304 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,291 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,347 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,629 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,388 |
| 2019 | 12 | 6,826 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,688 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,955 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,041 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,570 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,018 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |

## People named Barton

- Andrew Barton Paterson, Australian journalist, author and poet (1864 - 1941)
- Barton MacLane, actor, playwright, screenwriter (1902–1969)
- Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (1876–1957)
- Barton Warren Evermann, American ichthyologist (1853–1932)
- Barton W. Stone, American evangelist (1772–1844)
- Barton Jahncke, American sailor
- Bart Johnson, American actor (born 1970)
- Bart Gordon, American politician
- Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (1929-1997)
- Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (1969–1991)
- Harold Barclay, American anthropologist (1924–2017)
- Johnny Gruelle, American artist and author

## 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.