Baron vs Barrett

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Baron Barrett

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 117 years in which either name was published, Barrett for 102 years and Baron for 15 years. The lead changed hands 16 times.

• 1886–1946 Barrett ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1947–1950 Baron ahead
• 1954–1964 Barrett ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1965–1968 Baron ahead
• 1971–2025 Barrett ahead

9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Barons alive today are over 26; half the Barretts are over 8. That is 18 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Baron Hawaii (3.1×), California (2.7×), Texas (2.5×)
• Barrett Nebraska (3.2×), Alaska (2.2×), Idaho (2.1×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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