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Baxter: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 38 in 2025. Its best rank was #515 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #515 in 1886; #3,138 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Baxter in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,138 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #515.
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Baxter: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 38 boys in 2025. Peak: #515 in 1886 · most boys in one year: 74 (2014).
In 2025, 38 US boys were named Baxter, making it the 3,138th most common boys’ name of the year, down 87 places from #3,051 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 40 boys named Baxter in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #515, reached in 1886. The most boys given the name in a single year was 74, in 2014. For comparison, it was #2,068 in 2015 and #1,398 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Baxter in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 11 babies with the name. In all, 4,034 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 610 babies named Baxter.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 456 US boys were named Baxter; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 64. In 2025 that was about 1 in 44,949 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 38 | #3,138 |
| 2024 | — | — | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2023 | — | — | 28 | #3,896 |
| 2022 | — | — | 34 | #3,419 |
| 2021 | — | — | 32 | #3,509 |
| 2020 | — | — | 46 | #2,694 |
| 2019 | — | — | 53 | #2,491 |
| 2018 | — | — | 62 | #2,214 |
| 2017 | — | — | 64 | #2,134 |
| 2016 | — | — | 59 | #2,256 |
| 2015 | — | — | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | — | — | 74 | #1,946 |
| 2013 | — | — | 70 | #1,968 |
| 2012 | — | — | 59 | #2,213 |
| 2011 | — | — | 63 | #2,107 |
| 2010 | — | — | 38 | #3,019 |
| 2009 | — | — | 38 | #3,052 |
| 2008 | — | — | 58 | #2,271 |
| 2007 | — | — | 32 | #3,382 |
| 2006 | — | — | 35 | #3,093 |
| 2005 | — | — | 48 | #2,401 |
| 2004 | — | — | 46 | #2,424 |
| 2003 | — | — | 38 | #2,624 |
| 2002 | — | — | 38 | #2,562 |
| 2001 | — | — | 40 | #2,432 |
| 2000 | — | — | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1999 | — | — | 37 | #2,406 |
| 1998 | — | — | 54 | #1,835 |
| 1997 | — | — | 39 | #2,203 |
| 1996 | — | — | 45 | #1,962 |
| 1995 | — | — | 39 | #2,106 |
| 1994 | — | — | 40 | #2,046 |
| 1993 | — | — | 29 | #2,520 |
| 1992 | — | — | 37 | #2,089 |
| 1991 | — | — | 24 | #2,757 |
| 1990 | — | — | 38 | #1,973 |
| 1989 | — | — | 39 | #1,897 |
| 1988 | — | — | 29 | #2,148 |
| 1987 | — | — | 18 | #2,846 |
| 1986 | — | — | 17 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | — | — | 17 | #2,844 |
| 1984 | — | — | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1983 | — | — | 6 | #5,548 |
| 1982 | — | — | 20 | #2,433 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,626 |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #4,981 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #4,890 |
| 1978 | — | — | 6 | #5,124 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #3,866 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #2,961 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,453 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,555 |
| 1973 | — | — | 16 | #2,411 |
| 1972 | — | — | 16 | #2,334 |
| 1971 | — | — | 18 | #2,209 |
| 1970 | — | — | 15 | #2,405 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,052 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,325 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1966 | — | — | 13 | #2,226 |
| 1965 | — | — | 19 | #1,809 |
| 1964 | — | — | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1963 | — | — | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1962 | — | — | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1961 | — | — | 24 | #1,640 |
| 1960 | — | — | 32 | #1,402 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,361 |
| 1958 | — | — | 31 | #1,398 |
| 1957 | — | — | 22 | #1,719 |
| 1956 | — | — | 29 | #1,449 |
| 1955 | — | — | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1954 | — | — | 26 | #1,499 |
| 1953 | — | — | 28 | #1,430 |
| 1952 | — | — | 31 | #1,350 |
| 1951 | — | — | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1950 | — | — | 27 | #1,398 |
| 1949 | — | — | 24 | #1,506 |
| 1948 | — | — | 36 | #1,197 |
| 1947 | — | — | 40 | #1,149 |
| 1946 | — | — | 39 | #1,111 |
| 1945 | — | — | 22 | #1,410 |
| 1944 | — | — | 30 | #1,215 |
| 1943 | — | — | 39 | #1,088 |
| 1942 | — | — | 19 | #1,632 |
| 1941 | — | — | 29 | #1,234 |
| 1940 | — | — | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1939 | — | — | 34 | #1,104 |
| 1938 | — | — | 36 | #1,076 |
| 1937 | — | — | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1936 | — | — | 31 | #1,183 |
| 1935 | — | — | 37 | #1,061 |
| 1934 | — | — | 30 | #1,216 |
| 1933 | — | — | 40 | #1,016 |
| 1932 | — | — | 30 | #1,238 |
| 1931 | — | — | 38 | #1,102 |
| 1930 | — | — | 37 | #1,154 |
| 1929 | — | — | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | — | — | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1927 | — | — | 53 | #953 |
| 1926 | — | — | 40 | #1,127 |
| 1925 | — | — | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1924 | — | — | 58 | #919 |
| 1923 | — | — | 45 | #1,058 |
| 1922 | — | — | 44 | #1,059 |
| 1921 | — | — | 42 | #1,088 |
| 1920 | — | — | 44 | #1,048 |
| 1919 | — | — | 43 | #1,035 |
| 1918 | — | — | 36 | #1,155 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #947 |
| 1916 | — | — | 41 | #999 |
| 1915 | — | — | 40 | #997 |
| 1914 | — | — | 40 | #856 |
| 1913 | — | — | 27 | #950 |
| 1912 | — | — | 24 | #919 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #984 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,048 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #957 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #828 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #936 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,128 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #932 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #972 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #917 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #799 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #863 |
| 1900 | — | — | 10 | #842 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,061 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #894 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #687 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #731 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #881 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #866 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #774 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #802 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #983 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #668 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #800 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #654 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #518 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #515 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #705 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #709 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #810 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #764 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #792 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #573 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).