Barron
Barron is the 679th most common surname in the United States, shared by 49,096 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 6,088.
By the numbers
- People
- 49,096
- Rank
- 679th
- How common
- 1 in 6,088
- Per 100,000
- 16.4
Where the name comes from
Origin Anglo-Norman
As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Barron described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Barron
- Kayla Barron (born 1987)American astronaut
- Robert Barron (born 1959)bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, author, scholar and Catholic evangelist.
- Andrew Barron (born 1980)New Zealand footballer
- Steve Barron (born 1956)Irish film director, film producer, music video director
- Dana Barron (born 1966)American actress
- Kenny Barron (born 1943)American jazz pianist
- David Barron (born 1954)British film producer
- Francisco Moreno Barrón (1954–2025)Mexican theologian and Roman Catholic archbishop
People named Barron with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Barron
Also a first name
Barron has been given to 5,647 American babies as a first name since 1913, peaking in 2025. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.