How common is the surname Baird?

34,721 people in the United States had the surname Baird in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,892 Americans. It ranked 1,010th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Baird?

Diora Baird, American actress and model, followed by Spencer Fullerton Baird.

Where is the surname Baird most common?

Wikidata records people named Baird in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Baird?

Baird is /bɛɹd/, one syllable.

Is the surname Baird getting more or less common?

More common. 34,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,721 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Baird

A surname, carried by 34,721 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɛɹd/ 1 syllable Soundex B630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baird is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 34,721 people named Baird in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,892 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,233.

#1,010

rank among US surnames

34,721

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #935)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,001	Haas	34,918	8,842
#1,002	Galloway	34,909	8,844
#1,003	Bray	34,906	8,845
#1,004	Nieves	34,896	8,848
#1,005	Petty	34,882	8,851
#1,006	McGrath	34,871	8,854
#1,007	Kaufman	34,844	8,861

Who is named Baird

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Baird identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bairds

21 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Diora Baird
American actress and model, born 1983
Spencer Fullerton Baird
American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd Secretary o, 1823–1887
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, born 1951
Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
British Army general (1757-1829)
Zac Baird
American keyboardist, born 1971
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, born 1945

Notable Bairds come mostly from the United States (16), Australia (2) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baird

Baird has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Questions

How common is the surname Baird?: 34,721 people in the United States had the surname Baird in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,892 Americans. It ranked 1,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baird?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Baird identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Baird?: Diora Baird, American actress and model, followed by Spencer Fullerton Baird.
Where is the surname Baird most common?: Wikidata records people named Baird in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Baird?: Baird is /bɛɹd/, one syllable.
Is the surname Baird getting more or less common?: More common. 34,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,721 in 2010, up 1.4%.