NameTides

Baylor

Baylor was the #386 boys' name in the US in 2025 (822 babies), and #2,269 in Canada.

Baylor as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Baylor as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Baylor as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#386 (822)#2,269 (8)
2024#365 (905)#1,764 (11)
2023#391 (815)#2,123 (8)
2022#391 (816)#1,653 (11)
2021#410 (761)#2,812 (5)
2020#458 (648)#2,013 (8)
2019#587 (474)—
2018#689 (352)#2,403 (6)
2017#758 (310)#2,198 (7)
2016#717 (341)#2,428 (6)
2015#811 (280)—
2014#965 (218)—
2013#1,047 (183)—
2012#1,011 (195)—
2011#1,219 (143)—

Baylor as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Baylor as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Baylor as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#694 (407)#3,478 (5)
2024#807 (348)—
2023#753 (374)—
2022#812 (345)—
2021#896 (302)#2,377 (8)
2020#1,027 (244)—
2019#1,175 (202)—
2018#1,250 (185)—
2017#1,340 (173)—
2016#1,192 (209)—
2015#1,170 (215)#2,599 (7)
2014#1,674 (126)—
2013#2,279 (81)—
2012#2,265 (83)—
2011#3,267 (50)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #365.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.
  • In 2025, 33% of US babies named Baylor were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Baylor is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Baylor by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #340WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #214IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #601MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #94SDIowa: #293IAIndiana: #239INOhio: #306OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: #206UTColorado: #680CONebraska: #116NEMissouri: #192MOKentucky: #180KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #219KSArkansas: #120ARTennessee: #217TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #224SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #187OKLouisiana: #143LAMississippi: #108MSAlabama: #105ALGeorgia: #240GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #612TXFlorida: #681FL
Baylor (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BaylorCanadaGirls#3,4785
BaylorCanadaBoys#2,2698
BaylorUSGirls#694407
BaylorUSBoys#386822