Baron
Boy · BAIR-un · English
Baron is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “nobleman”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,370th for boys in the US (135 babies).
What does Baron mean?
English: English title of nobility, via Old French from Germanic
“nobleman”
In Britain a baron holds the lowest rank of the peerage, below a viscount.
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Is Baron a girl's or a boy's name?
Baron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 135 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baron in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Baron, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Baron than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Baron in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Baron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Baron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,370among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 135about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 135 boys in the US were named Baron, making it the 1,370th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,503rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 196 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more boys named Baron than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Baron in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 476 boys in the US were given Baron or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #579, up from #1,370 for this spelling alone.
Baron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,370 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,510 |
| 2023 | 94 | #1,744 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,706 |
| 2021 | 124 | #1,454 |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,503 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,312 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,329 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 146 | #1,240 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,297 |
| 2012 | 160 | #1,145 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,309 |
| 2010 | 141 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 158 | #1,153 |
| 2008 | 196 | #995 |
| 2007 | 156 | #1,144 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,467 |
| 2005 | 73 | #1,787 |
| 2004 | 85 | #1,552 |
| 2003 | 64 | #1,842 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 56 | #1,788 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,811 |
| 1996 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1995 | 66 | #1,462 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,289 |
| 1991 | 62 | #1,437 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1989 | 75 | #1,238 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,151 |
| 1987 | 91 | #995 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,152 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,093 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,130 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,192 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,199 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,125 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,027 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 72 | #977 |
| 1975 | 68 | #994 |
| 1974 | 68 | #993 |
| 1973 | 83 | #874 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1971 | 96 | #822 |
| 1970 | 116 | #767 |
| 1969 | 81 | #851 |
| 1968 | 88 | #788 |
| 1967 | 117 | #687 |
| 1966 | 163 | #589 |
| 1965 | 97 | #751 |
| 1964 | 86 | #812 |
| 1963 | 75 | #869 |
| 1962 | 68 | #916 |
| 1961 | 94 | #784 |
| 1960 | 64 | #943 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | 59 | #968 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,074 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,024 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,043 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,063 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 51 | #971 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,232 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
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