Baird
Boy · BAIRD · Scottish
Baird is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “bard, poet”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Baird mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname, from Gaelic bard
“bard, poet”
The Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926.
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Is Baird a girl's or a boy's name?
Baird is a boys' name.
How popular is Baird in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1957, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Baird in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baird in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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