Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Baron

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Baron
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

196

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1912Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

39.8%

2024

118

All-time

6,924

Baron has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 196 boys were named Baron.

In 2024, only 118 boys were given the name.

Down 39.8% from its peak.

All told, about 6,924 Americans have been named Baron and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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