How Many People Are Named Baker?
people named Baker are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 39,779 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,982 babies named Baker in Social Security records from 1895 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
1,765 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Baker, 8.7% were girls and 91.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 9.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Baker alive today is about 6 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 6 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Baker first appears in the records in 1895, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,765 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Baker has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #217, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #217.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #217 |
| Best rank | #217 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #358 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Baker alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Baker were born in Texas than in any other state: about 821 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Baker was given 5.7 times as often in Oklahoma, 4 times in Nebraska and 3.4 times in South Dakota.
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