Baker*
#1,251 most common boys' name of all time · #2,997 across all names · 92% boys / 8% girls · used 1895–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,251
Rank overall
#2,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
8,982
Since 2016
7,445
Peak year
2025 #217
Best rank
#217 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,765/yr
Baker first appears in 1895. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | 1,640 | 1,765 | #217 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,091 | 1,179 | #315 |
| 2023 | 84 | 798 | 882 | #398 |
| 2022 | 94 | 713 | 807 | #434 |
| 2021 | 104 | 681 | 785 | #450 |
| 2020 | 75 | 544 | 619 | #524 |
| 2019 | 48 | 620 | 668 | #474 |
| 2018 | 36 | 340 | 376 | #715 |
| 2017 | 24 | 165 | 189 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 19 | 156 | 175 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 10 | 87 | 97 | #1,756 |
| 2014 | 7 | 68 | 75 | #2,065 |
| 2013 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,048 |
| 2012 | 6 | 53 | 59 | #2,384 |
| 2011 | 10 | 52 | 62 | #2,408 |
| 2010 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,518 |
| 2009 | 5 | 63 | 68 | #2,145 |
| 2008 | 8 | 52 | 60 | #2,434 |
| 2007 | 5 | 68 | 73 | #2,035 |
| 2006 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,092 |
| 2005 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,368 |
| 2004 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,227 |
| 2003 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,792 |
| 2002 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,885 |
| 2001 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,324 |
| 2000 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,312 |
| 1999 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,038 |
| 1998 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,212 |
| 1997 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,270 |
| 1996 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,761 |
| 1995 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,316 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,414 |
| 1993 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,711 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,597 |
| 1991 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,130 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,994 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,309 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,207 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,995 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,924 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,221 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,967 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,671 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,458 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,681 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,555 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,189 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,828 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,009 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,588 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,529 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,800 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,643 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,080 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,158 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,086 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,704 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,023 |
| 1942 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,792 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,226 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,392 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,521 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,026 |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,818 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,354 |
| 1932 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,239 |
| 1931 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,687 |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,847 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,235 |
| 1927 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,240 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,622 |
| 1925 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,135 |
| 1924 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,072 |
| 1923 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1922 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,279 |
| 1921 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,412 |
| 1920 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,092 |
| 1919 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1918 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,035 |
| 1917 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,220 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,246 |
| 1915 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,742 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,034 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,820 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,354 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,456 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,046 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,228 |