Unisex name · since 1918
Baylor
9,010 babies named Baylor in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #386 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,010
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Baylor currently ranks #386 among unisex names in America, with 9,010 babies recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylor has been recorded 9,010 times among boys since 1918, currently ranked #386 nationally and more common than 97% 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 1918 to 2025.
- #1,282 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #386 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 9,010 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylor ranks #1,282 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #386 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 9,010 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,282 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #386 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,010
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Baylor's 9,010 recorded births place it above 97.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Baylor compares
9,010 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
Baylor's all-time total is 24x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baylor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,010 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 905 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baylor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baylor splits its recorded history at 2003: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 905 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baylor popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 905
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Baylor popularity over time - girls
3,721 total births recorded since 1994 (Baylor as girls' name)
Baylor by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,767 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Baylor's strongest decade.
4,767 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Baylor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 370
1990s
370 births
- 2000s 1,162
2000s
1,162 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,657 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,767 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,767 births (53% of all-time use).
How Baylor 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 Baylor's total volume
Baylor by state
Where Baylor concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 731 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 549 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 516 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 458 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 429 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 411 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 338 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 325 | 3.6% |
731 of 9,010 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Baylor appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Baylors (731 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baylor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Baylor 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.