How Many People Are Named Baxter?
people named Baxter are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 141,233 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,034 babies named Baxter in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
74 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an occupational surname which meant "(female) baker" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Baxter in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Baxter alive today is about 32 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Baxter first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2014, to 74 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Baxter has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #515, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #3,137.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,137 |
| Best rank | #515 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,214 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Baxter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Baxter were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Baxter was given 18.1 times as often in North Carolina, 4.2 times in Tennessee and 1.6 times in California.
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