Baylor

#694 for girls in 2025, 407 births · #386 for boys in 2025, 822 births
Given to boys 70.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 905 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,010
since 1918

Baylor over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004girlsat 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#694407#386822
2024#807348#365905
2023#753374#391815
2022#812345#391816
2021#896302#410761
2020#1,027244#458648
2019#1,175202#587474
2018#1,250185#689352
2017#1,340173#758310
2016#1,192209#717341
2015#1,170215#811280
2014#1,674126#965218
2013#2,27981#1,047183
2012#2,26583#1,011195
2011#3,26750#1,219143
2010#4,10736#1,149161
2009#3,25251#1,272138
2008#4,44834#1,240140
2007#4,56732#1,317130
2006#5,38325#1,387115
2005#5,26624#1,323114
2004#5,55522#1,271118
2003#3,94634#1,173127
2002#6,12918#1,43390
2001#6,32217#1,48182
2000#5,93718#1,235108
1999#6,19116#1,50375
1998#6,36015#1,62264
1997#7,28312#1,79053
1996#8,13210#1,72554
1995#9,5538#2,10239
1994#13,4305#2,68527
1993—#2,69726
1992—#3,92015
1991—#4,76011
1990—#7,1786
1989—#6,2297
1988—#7,2705
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Baylor! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Baylor is popular in 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedNEMissouri: #624 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,655 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedDEArizona: #703 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,894 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedARTennessee: #559 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,490 boysTNNorth Carolina: #831 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,494 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #398 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,297 boysOKLouisiana: #539 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,185 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedMSAlabama: #500 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,361 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Baylor, so not publishedHITexas: #936 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 11,196 boysTXFlorida: #1,288 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,936 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#398 · 1 in 2,297
  2. Alabama#500 · 1 in 3,361
  3. Louisiana#539 · 1 in 3,185
  4. Tennessee#559 · 1 in 4,490
  5. Missouri#624 · 1 in 5,655

Best ever in a state: #70 in Alabama, 2024.

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Oklahoma#39891 in 2,297
Alabama#50071 in 3,361
Louisiana#53981 in 3,185
Tennessee#55981 in 4,490
Missouri#62461 in 5,655
Arizona#70361 in 6,894
North Carolina#83161 in 8,494
Texas#936161 in 11,196
Florida#1,28861 in 15,936
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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 Baylor
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#365 → #386)
  • 72 spots since 2020 (#458 → #386)
  • 425 spots since 2015 (#811 → #386)
  • Biggest jump: 154 spots in 2015 (#965 → #811)
  • Biggest drop: 41 spots in 2017 (#717 → #758)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 2024 at #365 (905 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,904
  • Highest: 1 in 1,904 boys born in 2024 were named Baylor (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,078 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 52.9% of all boys named Baylor (4,767) 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
1910s5#4,179 (1918)#4,179
1920s21#3,014 (1922)#3,583
1930s0——
1940s5#3,525 (1946)#3,525
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1980s23#5,926 (1986)#6,487
1990s370#1,503 (1999)#2,998
2000s1,162#1,173 (2003)#1,313
2010s2,657#587 (2019)#895
2020s4,767#365 (2024)#400

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.

Baylor in 2004

girls
#5,555
22 births · 1 in 83,466 girls
boys
#1,271
118 births · 1 in 16,822 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #5,555Baylor22

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #1,271Baylor118
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 83,466 of them was named Baylor, which outranked 70.5% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baylor
  1. #5,377Ziah23
  2. #5,377Zuleika23
  3. #5,377Zuzanna23
  4. #5,555Baylor22
  5. #5,555Abegail22
  6. #5,555Abeni22
  7. #5,555Adalee22
  8. #5,744Aariona21
  9. #5,744Adi21
  10. #5,744Adrieanna21

Tied with 188 names at #5,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 948Rubi#1,561 → #613
  2. ↑ 607Kaydence#984 → #377
  3. ↑ 548Marin#1,383 → #835
  4. ↑ 543Diya#1,416 → #873
  5. ↑ 479Kadence#869 → #390
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,607Arly#949 → #2,556
  2. ↓ 433Shakira#747 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 414Anais#990 → #1,404
  4. ↓ 365Lisbeth#742 → #1,107
  5. ↓ 274Reanna#990 → #1,264

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

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 16,822 of them was named Baylor, which outranked 90.4% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baylor
  1. #1,267Jackie119
  2. #1,267Sameer119
  3. #1,267Valentino119
  4. #1,271Baylor118
  5. #1,271Abdiel118
  6. #1,271Canaan118
  7. #1,271Edgardo118
  8. #1,280Ace117
  9. #1,280Cian117
  10. #1,280Dev117

Tied with 8 names at #1,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,308Koda#2,238 → #930
  2. ↑ 1,190Tayshaun#2,153 → #963
  3. ↑ 1,006Kanye#1,492 → #486
  4. ↑ 910Kyan#1,497 → #587
  5. ↑ 814Jaidyn#1,630 → #816
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Jahiem#873 → #1,328
  2. ↓ 325Ervin#942 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 323Jahir#809 → #1,132
  4. ↓ 282Jaheim#457 → #739
  5. ↓ 270Sabastian#946 → #1,216

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

See the top 100 for 2004 →