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Baker

#217 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Baker

Baker has been given to 8,982 babies in the U.S. since 1895. In 2025 it ranked #217 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 1,640 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Baker, 2025

1 in 2,020

Baker over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K2K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Baker over time

In 2025, Baker went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

18952025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Baker: meaning, origin, and history

Baker

surname transfer

What Baker means

Baker means “baker”.

Origin, language, and formation

Baker is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Baker is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Baker is pronounced /ˈbeɪkɚ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,234 boys were recorded with the name Baker between 1895 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,640 in 2025; its best national rank was #217 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #524 in 2020 to #217 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,753 in 2015 to #217 in 2025.

In the United States, 748 girls were recorded with the name Baker between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 125 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,656 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,345 in 2020 to #1,656 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,253 in 2015 to #1,656 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Baker?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 2,020
1,640 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,040
0.10% of boys
Rank, 2025
#217
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
1,402 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Baker sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 301%
Grade of 1005%
School of 50022%

Put another way: gather 1,402 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Baker. In a class of 30 the chance is 1%.

When Bakers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Baker was born before 2022 — so the typical Baker is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
66.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,882
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 66.4% of all recorded uses (5,467).

Is Baker rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+98
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+307
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,536
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
18.85×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (1,640)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#217
2025

Spellings of Baker

Baker is not the most common spelling — Blake is, with 30.5% against Baker's 1.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Baker is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Baker was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 413 boys, against 1 in 2,338 across all states with data. It was least common in Connecticut (1 in 25,000).

4242 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 413
  2. 2Nebraska1 in 578
  3. 3South Dakota1 in 637
  4. 4Kansas1 in 676
  5. 5Iowa1 in 893
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 971
  7. 7Mississippi1 in 1,064
  8. 8Alabama1 in 1,099

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Baker is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 87% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Baker is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Baker was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 6,667 girls, against 1 in 24,266 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

015 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 6,667
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 8,333
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 11,111
  4. 4Georgia1 in 14,286
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 16,667
  6. 6Texas1 in 16,667
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 33,333
  8. 8Washington1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Baker around the world

Where Baker ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #657
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Baker

People whose public names include Baker, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Baker by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#217
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 307
Best rank ever
#217
2025
Peak year
2025
1,640 that year
First recorded
1895
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,234
Count in 2025
1,640

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,656
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 689
Best rank ever
#1,656
2025
Peak year
2025
125 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
748
Count in 2025
125

Names similar to Baker

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Baker

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Baker, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Baker

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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