Baxter — #3037 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Baxter

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,996 babies named Baxter between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Baxter currently holds the #3037 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Baxter performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 610 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Baxter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 501 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Baxter in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Baxter 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 3,996 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.