How Many People Are Named Bayard?
people named Bayard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,120,606 people in the US has this name
Based on 922 babies named Bayard in Social Security records from 1882 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Old French baiart meaning "bay coloured". In medieval French poetry Bayard was a bay horse owned by Renaud de Montauban and his brothers. The horse could magically adjust its size to carry multiple riders.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bayard in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bayard alive today is about 57 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bayard first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1918, to 32 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Bayard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #952, in 1882.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #952 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,727 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bayard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bayard were born in New York than in any other state: about 2 of those alive today.
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