How Many People Are Named Baylor?

12,606

people named Baylor are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 27,112 people in the US has this name

Based on 12,731 babies named Baylor in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,131

💎 Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#111

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Peak Year

2024

1,253 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
29.4%
Male
70.7%

Of the babies given the name Baylor, 29.4% were girls and 70.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Baylor rose from 15.1% in the 1990s to 29.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Baylor alive today is about 8 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 10 in 2025.

Under 30 12,449
98.8%
30 to 59 154
1.2%
60 and over 3
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Baylor first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 2024, to 1,253 babies. In 2025, 1,229 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Baylor has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #365, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #386. Among girls, its best rank was #694, in 2025.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#386#694
Best rank#365 (2024)#694 (2025)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#400 in the 2020s#816 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Baylor alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Baylor were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,066 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Baylor was given 4.4 times as often in Oklahoma, 4.3 times in Alabama and 4.2 times in Louisiana.

Texas 1,066
Tennessee 750
Alabama 645
Louisiana 610
Georgia 610
Oklahoma 538
Ohio 480
Missouri 469
North Carolina 363
Arkansas 338
Florida 337
Indiana 325
Kentucky 310
Mississippi 308
Utah 289
Iowa 268
Illinois 236
Nebraska 234
South Carolina 229
Virginia 228
Kansas 218
California 190
Michigan 174
Minnesota 173
Washington 156
Wisconsin 139
Pennsylvania 113
Colorado 89
Idaho 84
South Dakota 80
Arizona 70
West Virginia 67
North Dakota 39
Oregon 35
Maryland 28
New York 22
Montana 20
New Jersey 5
Maine 5
Connecticut 5

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