Barron Trump: All About Donald Trump's Youngest Son

Mar. 15, 2025

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak with former first lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.Photo:Joe Raedle/Getty

Joe Raedle/Getty

Donald Trump’s youngest son,Barron, grew up in the White House, but he’s mostly lived outside of the spotlight.

Barron spent most of his childhood at his family’s lavish penthouse in New York City while attending prestigious private schools on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. When Donald was first elected president and began his term in January 2017, Barron and Melania stayed behind in Manhattan so that he could finish the school year. That summer,he enrolled at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Schoolin Maryland and officially moved into the White House with the rest of the family.

While Donald’s older children —Ivanka,Donald Trump Jr.,EricandTiffany— took a more hands-on role in their father’s first term, Barron’s privacy was heavily guarded.

After graduating from high school in May 2024, Barronenrolled at New York Universityin September. In January 2025,Barron attended Donald’s second-term inaugurationwith his mother, siblings and maternal grandfather.

Here’s everything to know about Donald and Melania Trump’s son Barron.

Donald was surprised to find out Melania was expecting

Donald Trump and Melania Trump with Barron in 2007.Bryan Bedder/Getty

Bryan Bedder/Getty

“He came home [one day last August], and I told him he’d be a daddy. And his reaction was … at first he needed to take it in. It was a real surprise. And then he was very happy,” she shared with PEOPLE.

He was born in March 2006

Melania Trump and Barron Trump during Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage

Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage

Melania gave birth to Barron on March 20, 2006. Donald chose not to be present in the delivery room, explaining he thought it would be “easier” for Melania if he wasn’t there. Melania later said that her eight hour labor was, in fact, “very, very easy.”

“Everyone’s perfect. She’s really happy and it’s really great,” Donald told PEOPLE following the birth.

Donald was the one to choose Barron’s name, as he had always liked it but hadn’t had the chance to use it for his other sons. Melania was on board — but at the last minute, Donald had second thoughts about the name.

“It’s a name I’ve always loved but I never had the courage to use. I gave the idea to Melania and then I was going to take it away at the very end and she said, ‘You can’t take it away! I’ve been calling him Barron while he’s been in my stomach and you just can’t take it away!’ ” Donaldsaid onThe Oprah Winfrey Show.

He attended school in New York, Maryland and Florida

Barron Trump and Donald Trump in 2020.JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty

JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty

Growing up, Barron attended numerous prestigious schools. While living in N.Y.C., he was enrolled at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. After Donald began his presidential term in January 2017, Barron remained in N.Y.C., finishing out the school year.

During Barron’s final year at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, he took his entire fifth-grade class on a trip to Washington.

A group of about 80 students joined Barron (along with teachers and Secret Service agents) on an excursion to the White House, where they met Barron’s father. The group also toured the nation’s capital and stayed overnight at a hotel before returning home.

Then in May 2017, it was announced that Barron would be attending St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland.

He was nervous about moving into the White House during his father’s first term

Barron Trump and Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2017.Mark Wilson/Getty

Mark Wilson/Getty

When Donald was first elected president, he shared that Barron washesitant about leaving his life in N.Y.C. and moving into the White House. He explained that the then 9-year-old loved New York and his school, and the move was a “whole change of life.”

Donald said, “He has a very good school in New York where he has a lot of friends. But I tell him if this happens, Daddy will help people, and can help children like him, and that makes him happy. He’s a young boy who is 9 years old and he is strong and smart and he gets it. He sees it.”

For his father’s second term, Melania toldFox Newsthat although Barron was living at Trump Tower while attending NYU, he would also have a room set up at the White House for whenever he wanted to visit.

“I feel as children, we have them till they are 18, 19 years old. We teach them, we guide them, and then we give them the wings to fly,” Melania said. “I always respect Barron’s yes and no, and what he likes to do, where he would like to be.”

While his father was in office, Barron faced attacks online and former first daughterChelsea Clintoncame to his defense. Amid the online bullying, Chelsea posted on X on several occasions, asking others to give Barron the chance to grow up without so much criticism.

“It’s high time the media & everyone leave Barron Trump alone & let him have the private childhood he deserves,” Clintonwrotein response to a negative article about Barron.

Jenna Bush Hager, another former first daughter, also spoke out about how the attacks on Barronmade her “mad”because “the truth is, obviously, Barron Trump didn’t ask his dad to run for president. It wasn’t his decision.”

He speaks both English and Slovenian

Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Barron Trump in 2014.Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis/Getty

Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis/Getty

Barron is bilingual and canspeak both English and Melania’s native Slovenian.

As a little boy, Melania says Barron often called his grandmother and spoke to her exclusively in Slovenian. While Melania was a proponent of Barron speaking multiple languages, she noted that she was on the same page as her husband as to what language Barron should be using in public.

“My opinion is that more languages you speak, better it is, but when you come to America, you speak English,” she told PEOPLE.

Melania is incredibly protective of him

Melania Trump and Barron Trump in 2020.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Throughout Melania’s career as a model and later as First Lady, she was known to keep to herself. After Donald left office in 2021, sources told PEOPLE that Melania remained very private and kept a close eye on Barron.

“Melania’s friends are her family members,” a source shared in 2023. “Many Mar-a-Lago Club members and others know and see Melania. But they aren’t friends. They don’t get together and gab or socialize. She has always surrounded herself with family. She is a doting mother to Barron and very protective of him. This is nothing new.”

The insider added that Melania’s parents, who moved to the Trump family property in Mar-a-Lago, were “close to Barron” and “instrumental in his rearing.” Melania’s mother, Amalija Knavs, died in January 2024.

In March of that year, a social and political source told PEOPLE that “Melania’s main job istaking care of Barron.”

“Barron is shy and reserved, and she has been a good mother to him all of these years,” the source said, adding, “Melania is all about Barron and her family. She has always been family-oriented, and in addition to some of the charity work she has done, staying ahead of family issues is her priority.”

In December 2024, two sources shared with PEOPLE that Melania continues to be a “sounding board” for Barron.

“Melania worries about the hate in the country and how it falls on her son, who is innocent of any of this,” a social source said. “They talk about life as it is and how they are in the spotlight. She tries to normalize his life. If that is even possible.”

Donald says Barron is 6 feet, 7 inches tall

He attributes Barron’s height to him eating all of the food that his late grandmother,Melania’s mother Amalija Knavs, would make for him.

The Daily Mailreported that Donald called Barron a “special boy” during his speech, adding, “‘I said you’re gonna be a basketball player. He said, ‘well I like soccer dad, actually.’ I thought … at your height I like basketball better but you can’t talk them into everything.”

He attended his first campaign rally in July 2024

Barron Trump at a campaign rally in July 2024.Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty

Barron joined his dad on the campaign trail in July 2024. While in Doral, Fla., Donald noted from the podium that it was his son’sfirst-ever rally.

“You’re pretty popular, he might be more popular than Don and Eric,” he said. “So Barron, it’s good to have you. [He’s] had such a nice, easy life. Now, it’s a little bit changed.”

He’s a student at New York University

Barron Trump arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

On Sept. 4, 2024, NYU security officers confirmed to PEOPLE that Barron had arrived at the Manhattan college. He was spotted outside of the library, along with Secret Service agents.

In an interview withFox Newsthat same month, Melania said that it had been Barron’s idea to go to school in New York and live in the family’s tower in Manhattan.

“It washis decision to come here, that he wants to be in New York and study in New York and live in his home, and I respect that,” she said.

She went on to call her son an “incredible young man,” adding, “I’m very proud of what he grew up to. His strength. His intelligence. His knowledge, his kindness. It’s admirable.”

In December 2024, a source told PEOPLE that Barron is “popular with the ladies” on campus.

“He’s tall and handsome. A lot of people seem to think he’s pretty attractive — yes, even liberal people like him,” they said.

source: people.com