Bayard
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 922since 1882
Bayard over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bayard has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,247 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Bayard! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,496
- Highest: 1 in 21,496 boys born in 1900 were named Bayard (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,679 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #943 in 1882, was only 1 in 22,737 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 22.1% of all boys named Bayard (204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #943 (1882) | #957 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,152 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,231 (1918) | #1,438 |
| 1920s | 204 | #1,412 (1921) | #1,782 |
| 1930s | 110 | #1,716 (1932) | #2,286 |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,890 (1944) | #2,164 |
| 1950s | 103 | #1,879 (1950) | #2,657 |
| 1960s | 66 | #2,409 (1964) | #3,108 |
| 1970s | 35 | #4,309 (1975) | #5,040 |
| 1980s | 36 | #4,509 (1981) | #6,144 |
| 1990s | 18 | #6,407 (1995) | #8,091 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 27 | #8,140 (2017) | #10,318 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,605 (2020) | #10,605 |
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.
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