Baxter
#3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,034since 1880
Baxter over time
Rank among boys' names. Baxter has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,128 | 38 |
| 2024 | #3,045 | 40 |
| 2023 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #3,412 | 34 |
| 2021 | #3,497 | 32 |
| 2020 | #2,689 | 46 |
| 2019 | #2,491 | 53 |
| 2018 | #2,210 | 62 |
| 2017 | #2,130 | 64 |
| 2016 | #2,255 | 59 |
| 2015 | #2,068 | 68 |
| 2014 | #1,945 | 74 |
| 2013 | #1,964 | 70 |
| 2012 | #2,209 | 59 |
| 2011 | #2,105 | 63 |
| 2010 | #3,014 | 38 |
| 2009 | #3,045 | 38 |
| 2008 | #2,265 | 58 |
| 2007 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #2,399 | 48 |
| 2004 | #2,419 | 46 |
| 2003 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #2,429 | 40 |
| 2000 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #1,833 | 54 |
| 1997 | #2,201 | 39 |
| 1996 | #1,958 | 45 |
| 1995 | #2,102 | 39 |
| 1994 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,085 | 37 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #1,891 | 39 |
| 1988 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #1,510 | 27 |
| 1963 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #1,360 | 33 |
| 1958 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,501 | 24 |
| 1948 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,148 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,103 | 34 |
| 1938 | #1,076 | 36 |
| 1937 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,213 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,013 | 40 |
| 1932 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,102 | 38 |
| 1930 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | #951 | 53 |
| 1926 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,360 | 29 |
| 1924 | #916 | 58 |
| 1923 | #1,057 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1921 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #946 | 46 |
| 1916 | #998 | 41 |
| 1915 | #996 | 40 |
| 1914 | #855 | 40 |
| 1913 | #950 | 27 |
| 1912 | #918 | 24 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #516 | 12 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Baxter was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Baxter is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#243 · 1 in 1,958
Best ever in a state: #194 in North Carolina, 1912.
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| North Carolina | #243 | 17 | 1 in 1,958 |
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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 Baxter
- 83 spots since 2024 (#3,045 → #3,128)
- 439 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #3,128)
- 1,060 spots since 2015 (#2,068 → #3,128)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 444 spots in 1925 (#916 → #1,360)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #512 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1880–1898
- Highest: 1 in 8,451 boys born in 1887 were named Baxter (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #512 in 1886, was only 1 in 8,522 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.1% of all boys named Baxter (610) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 88 | #512 (1886) | #677 |
| 1890s | 76 | #667 (1890) | #826 |
| 1900s | 84 | #794 (1902) | #910 |
| 1910s | 319 | #855 (1914) | #988 |
| 1920s | 418 | #916 (1924) | #1,115 |
| 1930s | 342 | #1,013 (1933) | #1,137 |
| 1940s | 296 | #1,088 (1943) | #1,315 |
| 1950s | 286 | #1,347 (1952) | #1,435 |
| 1960s | 205 | #1,400 (1960) | #1,828 |
| 1970s | 125 | #2,203 (1971) | #3,199 |
| 1980s | 172 | #1,891 (1989) | #3,360 |
| 1990s | 382 | #1,833 (1998) | #2,185 |
| 2000s | 413 | #2,265 (2008) | #2,657 |
| 2010s | 610 | #1,945 (2014) | #2,239 |
| 2020s | 218 | #2,689 (2020) | #3,276 |
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.
Baxter in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 26,225 of them was named Baxter, which outranked 78.2% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,069Myrl43
- #1,069Toney43
- #1,069Vernal43
- #1,086Baxter42
- #1,086Alonza42
- #1,086Bart42
- #1,086Berlin42
- #1,101Alma41
- #1,101Annie41
- #1,101Anson41
Tied with 14 names at #1,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.