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Baker name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Baker ranks #217 in male records (1,640 reported) and #1,656 in female records (125 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

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Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#1,656 · 125 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 37 female records (88 to 125); rank moved from #2,155 to #1,656.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 21 female records (104 to 125); rank moved from #1,900 to #1,656.
2025 male rank and count
#217 · 1,640 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 549 male records (1,091 to 1,640); rank moved from #315 to #217.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 959 male records (681 to 1,640); rank moved from #449 to #217.
Peak year in available data
2025: 1,640 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Baker becoming more popular?

Baker's reported male count increased by 549 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #315 to #217. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Baker in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for BakerFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,6400201620252016: 19 female records2017: 24 female records2018: 36 female records2019: 48 female records2020: 75 female records2021: 104 female records2022: 94 female records2023: 84 female records2024: 88 female records2025: 125 female records2016: 156 male records2017: 165 male records2018: 340 male records2019: 620 male records2020: 544 male records2021: 681 male records2022: 713 male records2023: 798 male records2024: 1,091 male records2025: 1,640 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251251,6561,640217
2024882,1551,091315
2023842,235798397
2022942,051713434
20211041,900681449
2020752,345544524
2019483,282620473
2018364,013340713
2017245,3891651,149
2016196,4511561,208

Questions about Baker’s popularity

How common is Baker in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Baker ranks #217 in male records (1,640 reported) and #1,656 in female records (125 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Baker?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Baker only.

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