Boys' name · since 1913
Baptiste
87 babies named Baptiste in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baptiste sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 87 recorded since 1913.
Baptiste has 87 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2021.
- #18,276 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 87 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baptiste ranks #18,276 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baptiste's 87 recorded births place it above 59.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Baptiste's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Baptiste's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Baptiste popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2021
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Baptiste by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (29 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Baptiste's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Baptiste births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Baptiste's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Baptiste
Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baptiste: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1913–2021 (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 Baptiste 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.