Unisex name · since 1895
Baker
Since 1895, U.S. Social Security records show 8,234 babies named Baker, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #217 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,234
- born since 1895
- 2020s
- peak decade
Baker currently ranks #217 among unisex names in America, with 8,234 babies recorded since 1895.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baker has been recorded 8,234 times among boys since 1895, currently ranked #217 nationally and more common than 98% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1895 to 2025.
- #1,346 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #217 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,234 born since 1895
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baker ranks #1,346 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #217 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,234 born since 1895, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #217 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,234
- born since 1895
- 2020s
- peak decade
Baker's 8,234 recorded births place it above 97.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Baker compares
8,234 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Baker's all-time total is 22x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baker | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,234 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,640 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baker's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Baker's full recorded timeline at 1975, 95% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 5% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1895, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,640 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Baker popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,640
- Annual births at peak, across 131 years of records
Baker popularity over time - girls
748 total births recorded since 2007 (Baker as girls' name)
Baker by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (5,467 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Baker's strongest decade.
5,467 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Baker births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s 84
1910s
84 births
- 1920s 122
1920s
122 births
- 1930s 56
1930s
56 births
- 1940s 69
1940s
69 births
- 1950s 37
1950s
37 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 73
1980s
73 births
- 1990s 193
1990s
193 births
- 2000s 415
2000s
415 births
- 2010s 1,656
2010s
1,656 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,467 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 5,467 births (66% of all-time use).
How Baker compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Baker's total volume
Baker by state
Where Baker concentrates geographically, total births since 1895
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 726 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 454 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 360 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 331 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Washington | | 311 | 3.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 280 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 273 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 233 | 2.8% |
726 of 8,234 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Baker appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Baker's data
- Texas records the most Bakers (726 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Baker: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~130 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1895–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Baker draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.