Baron is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2008 and has grown less common since.
Baron is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,370 for boy births in the United States (and #2,881 across all names), given to 135 babies. Baron first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2008 (196 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | 135 | #1,370 |
| 2024 | 118 | 118 | #1,512 |
| 2023 | 94 | 94 | #1,748 |
| 2022 | 99 | 99 | #1,707 |
| 2021 | 124 | 124 | #1,455 |
| 2020 | 112 | 112 | #1,505 |
| 2019 | 139 | 139 | #1,314 |
| 2018 | 121 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 151 | 151 | #1,214 |
| 2016 | 134 | 134 | #1,329 |
| 2015 | 134 | 134 | #1,319 |
| 2014 | 146 | 146 | #1,240 |
| 2013 | 133 | 133 | #1,298 |
| 2012 | 160 | 160 | #1,145 |
| 2011 | 130 | 130 | #1,309 |
| 2010 | 141 | 141 | #1,246 |
| 2009 | 158 | 158 | #1,153 |
| 2008 | 196 | 196 | #995 |
| 2007 | 156 | 156 | #1,144 |
| 2006 | 104 | 104 | #1,468 |
| 2005 | 73 | 73 | #1,790 |
| 2004 | 85 | 85 | #1,556 |
| 2003 | 64 | 64 | #1,846 |
| 2002 | 62 | 62 | #1,834 |
| 2001 | 61 | 61 | #1,818 |
| 2000 | 70 | 70 | #1,654 |
| 1999 | 60 | 60 | #1,723 |
| 1998 | 56 | 56 | #1,793 |
| 1997 | 52 | — | #1,814 |
| 1996 | 63 | — | #1,574 |
| 1995 | 66 | — | #1,468 |
| 1994 | 40 | — | #2,045 |
| 1993 | 62 | — | #1,494 |
| 1992 | 76 | — | #1,294 |
| 1991 | 62 | — | #1,443 |
| 1990 | 82 | — | #1,203 |
| 1989 | 75 | — | #1,243 |
| 1988 | 76 | — | #1,155 |
| 1987 | 91 | — | #997 |
| 1986 | 67 | — | #1,153 |
| 1985 | 72 | — | #1,095 |
| 1984 | 60 | — | #1,174 |
| 1983 | 63 | — | #1,131 |
| 1982 | 60 | — | #1,193 |
| 1981 | 58 | — | #1,199 |
| 1980 | 65 | — | #1,125 |
| 1979 | 52 | — | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 72 | — | #1,028 |
| 1977 | 52 | — | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 72 | — | #978 |
| 1975 | 68 | — | #994 |
| 1974 | 68 | — | #993 |
| 1973 | 83 | — | #874 |
| 1972 | 56 | — | #1,085 |
| 1971 | 96 | — | #822 |
| 1970 | 116 | — | #767 |
| 1969 | 81 | — | #852 |
| 1968 | 88 | — | #788 |
| 1967 | 117 | — | #687 |
| 1966 | 163 | — | #589 |
| 1965 | 97 | — | #751 |
| 1964 | 86 | — | #813 |
| 1963 | 75 | — | #869 |
| 1962 | 68 | — | #919 |
| 1961 | 94 | — | #785 |
| 1960 | 64 | — | #944 |
| 1959 | 55 | — | #1,036 |
| 1958 | 60 | — | #980 |
| 1957 | 48 | — | #1,102 |
| 1956 | 59 | — | #970 |
| 1955 | 49 | — | #1,078 |
| 1954 | 50 | — | #1,053 |
| 1953 | 50 | — | #1,025 |
| 1952 | 48 | — | #1,044 |
| 1951 | 32 | — | #1,299 |
| 1950 | 44 | — | #1,066 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | #1,348 |
| 1948 | 51 | — | #974 |
| 1947 | 35 | — | #1,235 |
| 1946 | 37 | — | #1,146 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | #1,539 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #1,742 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #1,840 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | #1,499 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,090 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | #1,901 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,195 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,093 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,653 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,257 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | #2,277 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | #2,000 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #2,868 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,491 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,042 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,006 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #3,738 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,479 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,200 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #3,770 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,289 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #2,821 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,234 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,425 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | #1,911 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,248 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,273 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | #2,075 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,670 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,525 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,064 |