Baylor**
#1,031 most common boys' name of all time · #2,439 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1918–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,031
Rank overall
#2,439 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
12,731
Since 2016
9,033
Peak year
2024 #365
Best rank
#365 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 1,253/yr
Baylor first appears in 1918. 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 | 407 | 822 | 1,229 | #386 |
| 2024 | 348 | 905 | 1,253 | #365 |
| 2023 | 374 | 815 | 1,189 | #392 |
| 2022 | 345 | 816 | 1,161 | #391 |
| 2021 | 302 | 761 | 1,063 | #410 |
| 2020 | 244 | 648 | 892 | #458 |
| 2019 | 202 | 474 | 676 | #587 |
| 2018 | 185 | 352 | 537 | #690 |
| 2017 | 173 | 310 | 483 | #758 |
| 2016 | 209 | 341 | 550 | #719 |
| 2015 | 215 | 280 | 495 | #811 |
| 2014 | 126 | 218 | 344 | #965 |
| 2013 | 81 | 183 | 264 | #1,049 |
| 2012 | 83 | 195 | 278 | #1,014 |
| 2011 | 50 | 143 | 193 | #1,222 |
| 2010 | 36 | 161 | 197 | #1,151 |
| 2009 | 51 | 138 | 189 | #1,273 |
| 2008 | 34 | 140 | 174 | #1,244 |
| 2007 | 32 | 130 | 162 | #1,318 |
| 2006 | 25 | 115 | 140 | #1,387 |
| 2005 | 24 | 114 | 138 | #1,328 |
| 2004 | 22 | 118 | 140 | #1,272 |
| 2003 | 34 | 127 | 161 | #1,175 |
| 2002 | 18 | 90 | 108 | #1,438 |
| 2001 | 17 | 82 | 99 | #1,493 |
| 2000 | 18 | 108 | 126 | #1,239 |
| 1999 | 16 | 75 | 91 | #1,508 |
| 1998 | 15 | 64 | 79 | #1,625 |
| 1997 | 12 | 53 | 65 | #1,800 |
| 1996 | 10 | 54 | 64 | #1,727 |
| 1995 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #2,116 |
| 1994 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #2,715 |
| 1993 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,725 |
| 1992 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,968 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,849 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,352 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,402 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,513 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,115 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,775 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,864 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,240 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,220 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,630 |