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Barton

As a boy's name, Barton is understood to mean "Barley farm/settlement". It had its heyday in the 1960s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1960.

Old EnglishOld English
Etymology"Barley farm/settlement"
Births by decade
1900s
70
1910s
374
1920s
692
1930s
856
1940s
1,371
1950s
1,783
1960s
1,879
1970s
1,016
1980s
695
1990s
235
2000s
117
2010s
69
Peaked in the 1960s · 9,157 total U.S. births since 1900