Baker
#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · #217 for boys in 2025, 1,640 births
Given to boys 91.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,640 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,234since 1895
Baker over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,652 | 125 | #217 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | #315 | 1,091 |
| 2023 | #2,229 | 84 | #397 | 798 |
| 2022 | #2,048 | 94 | #434 | 713 |
| 2021 | #1,897 | 104 | #449 | 681 |
| 2020 | #2,341 | 75 | #524 | 544 |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | #473 | 620 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | #713 | 340 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | #1,149 | 165 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | #1,208 | 156 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #1,753 | 87 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #2,063 | 68 |
| 2013 | — | #2,044 | 66 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #2,403 | 52 |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #2,143 | 63 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #2,432 | 52 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #2,034 | 68 |
| 2006 | — | #3,083 | 35 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,365 | 49 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,217 | 30 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,321 | 26 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,031 | 27 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,747 | 27 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Baker! It came in at #1,079, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Baker
- 98 spots since 2024 (#315 → #217)
- 307 spots since 2020 (#524 → #217)
- 1,536 spots since 2015 (#1,753 → #217)
- Biggest jump: 436 spots in 2018 (#1,149 → #713)
- Biggest drop: 382 spots in 1900 (#928 → #1,310)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 2025 at #217 (1,640 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,042 boys born in 2025 were named Baker (0.10%)
- 66.4% of all boys named Baker (5,467) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #928 (1899) | #1,004 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,258 |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,707 (1915) | #2,186 |
| 1920s | 122 | #2,020 (1923) | #2,548 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,191 (1932) | #2,866 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,322 (1940) | #2,809 |
| 1950s | 37 | #2,530 (1959) | #3,156 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,486 |
| 1970s | 28 | #4,403 (1979) | #5,056 |
| 1980s | 73 | #3,630 (1983) | #4,139 |
| 1990s | 193 | #2,697 (1993) | #3,723 |
| 2000s | 415 | #2,034 (2007) | #2,756 |
| 2010s | 1,656 | #473 (2019) | #1,670 |
| 2020s | 5,467 | #217 (2025) | #389 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Baker in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 255,194 of them was named Baker, which outranked 32.0% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,931Zyleigh8
- #11,931Zymira8
- #11,931Zynae8
- #13,069Baker7
- #13,069Aadvika7
- #13,069Aaleahya7
- #13,069Aaliyahrose7
- #14,558Aalaiyah6
- #14,558Aalana6
- #14,558Aalanah6
Tied with 1,488 names at #13,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 28,248 of them was named Baker, which outranked 85.3% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,044Sylar69
- #2,044Syrus69
- #2,044Yasiel69
- #2,063Baker68
- #2,063Andrei68
- #2,063Ash68
- #2,063Brooklyn68
- #2,082Abbas67
- #2,082Abhinav67
- #2,082Eben67
Tied with 18 names at #2,063; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.