Baker
Boy · BAY-ker · English
Baker is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “baker of bread”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 217th for boys in the US (1,640 babies).
What does Baker mean?
English: English occupational surname
“baker of bread”
From the English occupational surname for someone who baked bread or ran a communal oven.
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Is Baker a girl's or a boy's name?
Baker is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 125 girls and 1,640 boys in the US.
How popular is Baker in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Baker, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Baker in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Baker in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Baker in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #217among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,640about 1 in 1,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 135% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,640 boys in the US were named Baker, making it the 217th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 524th. It first appears in the records in 1895. 125 girls were also named Baker in 2025 (1,652nd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Baker of any year since it first appeared, in 1895.
Half of all the boys named Baker in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baker in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,640 | #217 |
| 2024 | 1,091 | #315 |
| 2023 | 798 | #397 |
| 2022 | 713 | #434 |
| 2021 | 681 | #449 |
| 2020 | 544 | #524 |
| 2019 | 620 | #473 |
| 2018 | 340 | #713 |
| 2017 | 165 | #1,149 |
| 2016 | 156 | #1,208 |
| 2015 | 87 | #1,753 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,062 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,043 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
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