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How popular is the name Baron?
Births per year, rank history and how many Barons are alive today.
Baron (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 6 babies were given the name, the 2741st most popular that year. Baron is one spelling of a name also recorded as Barron; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Baron you are most likely to meet is around 0 years old - or else around 18: the name has two living generations. Half of all Barons born in England and Wales are between 7 and 25, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Baron - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Baron.
How many babies are named Baron each year?
Includes all spellings: Baron, Barron. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Baron spelling rank?
Where does the Barron spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Baron most popular?
Baron peaked in 2025, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Baron?
At least 120 people named Baron in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Baron?
Most living Barons are between 7 and 25; the most common age is about 0. There is a second cluster around 18.
Is Baron becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.