# Baker (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/baker/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbeɪkɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Backer |
| US babies named this | 8,982 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,234 / 748 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 17,716 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,515 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,252 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,289 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,258 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,451 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,389 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,013 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,282 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,345 |
| 2021 | 104 | 1,900 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2,051 |
| 2023 | 84 | 2,235 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,155 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,656 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 2,407 |
| 2012 | 53 | 2,383 |
| 2013 | 66 | 2,046 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,065 |
| 2015 | 87 | 1,753 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,208 |
| 2017 | 165 | 1,149 |
| 2018 | 340 | 713 |
| 2019 | 620 | 473 |
| 2020 | 544 | 524 |
| 2021 | 681 | 449 |
| 2022 | 713 | 434 |
| 2023 | 798 | 397 |
| 2024 | 1,091 | 315 |
| 2025 | 1,640 | 217 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: الْخَبَّاز
- Bulgarian: Хлеба́ров, Бе́йкър
- Catalan: Forner
- Chinese: 貝克 /贝克
- Czech: Pekař
- Danish: Bager
- Dutch: Bakker
- French: Boulanger
- German: Bäcker, Becker, Beck
- Greek: Ψωμάς
- Hungarian: Pék
- Italian: Panettiere
- Polish: Piekarz
- Portuguese: Padeiro
- Russian: Хле́бников, Бейкер
- Spanish: Panadero
- Swedish: Bager

## People named Baker

- Baker Mayfield, American football player (born 1995)
- Benjamin Baker Moeur, American politician (1869-1937)
- Texas Jack Omohundro, American army scout, cowboy and actor (1846–1880)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.