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

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Peak · boys
#217
2025 · 1,640 births
Debut · boys
1895
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,234
since 1895

Baker over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,652125#2171,640
2024#2,15088#3151,091
2023#2,22984#397798
2022#2,04894#434713
2021#1,897104#449681
2020#2,34175#524544
2019#3,27248#473620
2018#4,00136#713340
2017#5,33824#1,149165
2016#6,40119#1,208156
2015#10,14810#1,75387
2014#13,0697#2,06368
2013—#2,04466
2012#14,9626#2,38053
2011#10,37410#2,40352
2010—#2,51149
2009#17,2945#2,14363
2008#12,5798#2,43252
2007#17,6365#2,03468
2006—#3,08335
2005—#2,36549
2004—#3,21730
2003—#2,78035
2002—#2,88232
2001—#3,32126
2000—#3,29925
1999—#3,03127
1998—#3,19124
1997—#4,24615
1996—#2,74727
1995—#3,30320
1994—#6,3728
1993—#2,69726
1992—#4,56412
1991—#3,10520
1990—#3,97114
1989—#4,27112
1988—#4,16211
1987—#3,95911
1986—#3,88211
1985—#5,1477
1984—#3,92510
1983—#3,63011
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1976—#5,5875
1975—#5,4645
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1954—#3,4526
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1950—#2,5809
1949—#3,0197
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1946—#2,40310
1945—#2,9966
1944—#2,6338
1943—#2,9647
1942—#2,7128
1941—#3,1336
1940—#2,32210
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1935—#2,9517
1934—#2,7428
1933—#3,2686
1932—#2,19112
1931—#2,8648
1930—#3,5926
1929—#2,7669
1928—#4,1515
1927—#2,19314
1926—#2,56611
1925—#2,08915
1924—#3,0239
1923—#2,02016
1922—#2,24014
1921—#2,37613
1920—#2,05216
1919—#2,51111
1918—#1,99816
1917—#2,18813
1916—#3,1777
1915—#1,70717
1914—#1,97511
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First appearance
1895

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.

Where Baker is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,532 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 50,834 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Baker, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,532 · 1 in 50,834

Best ever in a state: #35 in Oklahoma, 2025.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Baker
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
130 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 2025 at #217 (1,640 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,042
  • Highest: 1 in 1,042 boys born in 2025 were named Baker (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 66.4% of all boys named Baker (5,467) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#928 (1899)#1,004
1900s10#1,205 (1904)#1,258
1910s84#1,707 (1915)#2,186
1920s122#2,020 (1923)#2,548
1930s56#2,191 (1932)#2,866
1940s69#2,322 (1940)#2,809
1950s37#2,530 (1959)#3,156
1960s13#3,041 (1962)#3,486
1970s28#4,403 (1979)#5,056
1980s73#3,630 (1983)#4,139
1990s193#2,697 (1993)#3,723
2000s415#2,034 (2007)#2,756
2010s1,656#473 (2019)#1,670
2020s5,467#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 2008

girls
#12,579
8 births · 1 in 236,367 girls
boys
#2,432
52 births · 1 in 39,234 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #12,579Baker8

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #2,432Baker52
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 236,367 of them was named Baker, which outranked 38.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baker
  1. #11,599Zyion9
  2. #11,599Zynasia9
  3. #11,599Zyrah9
  4. #12,579Baker8
  5. #12,579Aailyah8
  6. #12,579Aalana8
  7. #12,579Aaliyana8
  8. #13,832Aahna7
  9. #13,832Aala7
  10. #13,832Aaleah7

Tied with 1,252 names at #12,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 39,234 of them was named Baker, which outranked 83.4% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baker
  1. #2,405Tayven53
  2. #2,405Vidal53
  3. #2,405Vincente53
  4. #2,432Baker52
  5. #2,432Anden52
  6. #2,432Auden52
  7. #2,432Barack52
  8. #2,467Aaditya51
  9. #2,467Aleczander51
  10. #2,467Andrez51

Tied with 34 names at #2,432; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →