As 'Donald' Falls, 'Barron' Rises

"Donald" has taken a hit in popularity, and we don't mean the president. Social Security data reviewed by NOTUS shows the first name fell to its lowest rank on record in 2025, landing at No. 690 on the list of most popular names for boys, with fewer than 400 newborns given the name nationwide, even as President Donald Trump returned to the White House. That's a long slide from its 1934 heyday, when more than 30,000 babies were named Donald. The moniker stayed in the top 100 through 1990 but had fallen out of the top 200 by the early 2000s and continued falling amid President Trump's political rise, with only a brief, small bump in 2017.

Even in Florida, Trump's adopted home state, just 21 boys were named Donald last year—on par with "Abner," "Enoch," "Neythan," "Ariun," "Eros," and "Stone," NOTUS reports. "Melania" hasn't caught on either, briefly cracking the top 1,000 names for baby girls only in 2017. Barron, the name of Trump's youngest son, is gaining in popularity, however, climbing 229 spots to No. 790 on the boys' list last year, HuffPost reports. Despite the downward trend for Donald, betting markets think there's a small chance Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance will name their fourth child after the president, as Newsweek previously reported.