Barrett vs Barron
American parents have registered 34,417 Barretts since 1880, against 5,647 Barrons. Barrett is still ahead, with 2,178 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Barrett Barron
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 107 years and Barron for 10 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1886–1946 Barrett ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1947–1949 Barron ahead
- 1950–2025 Barrett ahead, apart from 2 short spells
5 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Barrett | Barron | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 34,417 | 5,647 |
| Most in one year | 2,178 | 320 |
| Babies in 2025 | 2,178 | 320 |
| Estimated living today | 33,000 | 4,900 |
| Median age today | 8 | 26 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 171st boys | 790th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 171st | 790th |
| First recorded | 1886 | 1913 |
| Girls / boys | 992 / 33,425 | 0 / 5,647 |
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 Barrons 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
- Barrett Nebraska (3.2×), Alaska (2.2×), Idaho (2.1×)
- Barron Texas (3.4×), Georgia (2.4×), California (2.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Barrett and Barron.