# Baird (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baird/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 34,721 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,010 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,892 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (34,233 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɛɹd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baird in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baird in the United States, Australia, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Baird

- Diora Baird, American actress and model
- Spencer Fullerton Baird, American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd Secretary o
- George Baird, athletics competitor (1907–2004)
- Maggie Baird, American actress (born 1959)
- Leah Baird, American actress and screenwriter (1883-1971)
- Scott Baird, American male curler and coach
- Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, British Army general (1757-1829)
- Zac Baird, American keyboardist
- Brian Baird, American psychologist, politician and university administrator (born 1956)
- John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, Australian journalist, lawyer and politician (1874-1941)
- Edith Baird, British chess composer (1859-1924)
- Jim Baird, American businessman and politician from Indiana

and 9 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Beard, Bird, Bard, Board, Bart, Beaird, Bardo, Barreda, Byard, Bayard, Barrett, Byrd.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.