Bayard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bayard

The Social Security Administration has registered 922 babies named Bayard between 1882 and 2020, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bayard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bayard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Bayard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Bayard in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bayard 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 922 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.