# Baxter (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/baxter/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “baker” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbækstɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,034 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,034 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 533, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English bakster, bakestre, from Old English bæcestre (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -ster.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 63 | 2,107 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,213 |
| 2013 | 70 | 1,968 |
| 2014 | 74 | 1,946 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,068 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,256 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,134 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,214 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,491 |
| 2020 | 46 | 2,694 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,509 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,419 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,896 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,051 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 958 |
| 2012 | 50 | 671 |
| 2013 | 37 | 821 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 44 | 740 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 35 | 856 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Baxter

- Donald Baxter MacMillan, American explorer and sailor (1874-1970)

## 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.