Barton
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Barton is a boys' name, meaning “barley”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Barton mean?
“barley”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Barton a girl's or a boy's name?
Barton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Barton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Barton, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 245 boys.
2025 had more boys named Barton than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Barton in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Barton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,303 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,377 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,117 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,065 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,075 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,088 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,096 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,014 |
| 1980 | 88 | #957 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,016 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,005 |
| 1977 | 89 | #899 |
| 1976 | 89 | #883 |
| 1975 | 87 | #886 |
| 1974 | 99 | #807 |
| 1973 | 105 | #776 |
| 1972 | 123 | #719 |
| 1971 | 126 | #733 |
| 1970 | 147 | #678 |
| 1969 | 156 | #633 |
| 1968 | 165 | #591 |
| 1967 | 138 | #637 |
| 1966 | 171 | #577 |
| 1965 | 174 | #578 |
| 1964 | 189 | #575 |
| 1963 | 218 | #537 |
| 1962 | 214 | #540 |
| 1961 | 208 | #547 |
| 1960 | 245 | #509 |
| 1959 | 242 | #503 |
| 1958 | 230 | #506 |
| 1957 | 147 | #633 |
| 1956 | 176 | #572 |
| 1955 | 188 | #538 |
| 1954 | 161 | #581 |
| 1953 | 154 | #578 |
| 1952 | 150 | #568 |
| 1951 | 158 | #539 |
| 1950 | 177 | #501 |
| 1949 | 168 | #514 |
| 1948 | 154 | #534 |
| 1947 | 171 | #518 |
| 1946 | 125 | #573 |
| 1945 | 110 | #579 |
| 1944 | 116 | #569 |
| 1943 | 145 | #518 |
| 1942 | 135 | #524 |
| 1941 | 132 | #513 |
| 1940 | 115 | #550 |
| 1939 | 120 | #519 |
| 1938 | 97 | #601 |
| 1937 | 110 | #555 |
| 1936 | 98 | #581 |
| 1935 | 70 | #731 |
| 1934 | 82 | #669 |
| 1933 | 76 | #677 |
| 1932 | 68 | #763 |
| 1931 | 71 | #729 |
| 1930 | 64 | #810 |
| 1929 | 63 | #815 |
| 1928 | 75 | #738 |
| 1927 | 65 | #825 |
| 1926 | 60 | #855 |
| 1925 | 74 | #766 |
| 1924 | 76 | #771 |
| 1923 | 70 | #791 |
| 1922 | 72 | #791 |
| 1921 | 74 | #780 |
| 1920 | 63 | #853 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1918 | 63 | #824 |
| 1917 | 61 | #804 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 46 | #916 |
| 1914 | 42 | #819 |
| 1913 | 33 | #835 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,137 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 8 | #677 |
| 1882 | 15 | #469 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Barton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
John Byron Martin Thomas Nelson William Robert Peter Richard James Franklin Gordon
Names related to Barton
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Barton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/barton, updated 20 October 2026.