Recorded 1895–2025 · United States
Baker was most popular in 2025, when 1,765 American babies were given the name — ranking #385 that year. In 2025 it ranked #385, with 1,765 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 8,982 people named Baker.
Baker first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1895, which makes it about 130 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 92 of the 131 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 8,982 American births named Baker between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 8,581 are estimated to be alive today.
1,765 American babies were named Baker in 2025, ranking #385 that year.
Baker is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,084 births a year, against 72 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +1409% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Baker is mostly a boy’s name — 8.3% of the 8,982 Americans given it were girls and 91.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 9% girls and 91% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 8,581 Americans named Baker are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 4 years old, and half are between 2 and 7. That is a narrow band because Baker is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org