Baker

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Baker is ranked 313th among boys in 2024 (1,089 births). Its best rank was 313th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #313up 84 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,0890.06% of boys
Peak year: 20241,089 births
Best rank: #313in 2024
Since 1895: 7,214people given the name

Babies named Baker, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

6,591 boys have been named Baker in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,089 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 58%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 623 girls have also been given it, 8.6% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Baker
1890s	11
1900s	10
1910s	84
1920s	122
1930s	56
1940s	69
1950s	37
1960s	13
1970s	28
1980s	73
1990s	193
2000s	415
2010s	1,656
2020s	3,824

In 2024, its biggest year

Baker was the 313th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Baker

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.