Baron

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Baron: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Baron: Recorded since 1999, it reached #2,254 in 2002, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2254highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2425
2001	#3134
2002	#2254
2003	#2470
2006	#3385
2007	#2741
2008	#3687
2009	#3744
2011	#3830
2012	#3416
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2020	#4608
2022	#4789
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2425 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #2254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Baron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Baron in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	31	7 of 10	4
2010s	19	5 of 10	4
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Baron appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2254 in England and Wales in 2002.

Baron's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,254, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Barney · #246, 29y
Barnie · #2301, 10y
Barra · #170, 32y
Barrie · #234, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alhaji · #2254, 16y
Angelos · #2254, 19y
Calen · #2254, 18y
Fadi · #2254, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Angelos · #2254, 19y
Calen · #2254, 18y
Kweku · #2254, 11y
Rye · #2254, 21y

Baron and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Baron without appearing here.

Baron moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Baron

Daithi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3416 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3079.
Matheo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #2276.
Cillian Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1746.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Baron

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 while Albie went from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 while Alfie went from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 while Alfred went from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 while Archie went from #108 to #10.

Moved the same way as Baron

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 and Alan from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Baron went from #2425 to #5119 and Alex from #45 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2254 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Baron

Baron at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Baron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Baron appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Baron and the names beside it

Baron moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Baron

Moved the opposite way to Baron

Moved the same way as Baron

Baron at a glance

Baron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Baron appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Baron and the names beside it

Baron moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Baron

Moved the opposite way to Baron

Moved the same way as Baron