Happy Birthday To Barron Trump As He Clocked 20 Years & What To Know About Barron Trump

Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, welcomed their son Barron Trump on March 20, 2006

Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, is no longer a teenager.

When Barron turned 20 in March 2026, a source close to the family told PEOPLE that as he’s gotten older, he has “inherited his father’s interest in making money and a name for himself,” adding, “He is smart, focused and resourceful. He is always looking for areas that interest him and is quite ambitious for such a young age.”

Shortly after Donald married his wife Melania Trump in 2005, the couple learned they were expecting. Barron was born on March 20, 2006, becoming Donald’s fifth child and Melania’s first.

Barron spent most of his childhood 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 so that he could finish the school year. That summer, he enrolled at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Maryland and officially moved into the White House with the rest of the family.

While Donald’s older children — Ivanka, Donald Trump Jr., Eric and Tiffany — took a more hands-on role in their father’s first term, Barron’s privacy was prioritized.

Amid his father’s 2024 presidential campaign, Barron continued to remain private. He declined an opportunity to serve as an at-large delegate for Florida at the Republican National Convention, citing “prior commitments” in a statement made by his mother, though he did attend his first campaign rally in support of his father that July.

After Donald won the 2024 presidential election, Barron also appeared on stage for his father’s victory speech, during which the now-president expressed his gratitude for his children.

Following his high school graduation in May 2024, Barron enrolled at New York University that September. Most recently, he transferred to the university’s Washington, D.C. campus for his sophomore year.

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

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!’ ” Donald said on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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’s first-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.”

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 with Fox News that 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 was his 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.

After Barron hadn’t been spotted at NYU in Manhattan during the first week of the school’s fall 2025 semester, PEOPLE confirmed that he is “doing a semester” at the school’s D.C. campus. So far, the reason for his transfer has not been shared, but it sounds like he may be there for the long haul, a source told PEOPLE in March 2026.

“He has been happy in Washington, where he has access to his family and to different options for his own future as a businessman and young entrepreneur,” the insider said.