Baxley — #16518 US unisex name
59 babies named Baxley in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 6% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Baxley was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Baxley in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Baxley
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Baxley between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baxley currently holds the #16518 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Baxley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 54 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Baxley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Baxley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Baxley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 59 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Baxley at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Baxley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #16518 among girls.
59 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 9 births in a single year.
Baxley popularity over time — boys
54 total births recorded since 2011 (Baxley as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Baxley accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Baxley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 33 births that decade — 56% of Baxley's all-time total
Baxley decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Baxley's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.