Baxter
Boy · BAKS-ter · English
Baxter is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “baker”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Baxter mean?
English: occupational surname
“baker”
From the Old English baecestre, which originally meant a female baker.
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Is Baxter a girl's or a boy's name?
Baxter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baxter in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Baxter, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 57 boys.
Half of all the boys named Baxter in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Baxter in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 39 | #859 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,010 |
| 2016 | 40 | #863 |
| 2015 | 49 | #732 |
| 2014 | 39 | #860 |
| 2013 | 44 | #797 |
| 2012 | 57 | #670 |
| 2011 | 33 | #952 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Baxter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Baxter, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 74 boys.
Half of all the boys named Baxter in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baxter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,209 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 74 | #1,944 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 54 | #1,830 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 27 | #1,509 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,395 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,147 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,088 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,103 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,076 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,182 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 40 | #1,013 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,102 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 53 | #951 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1924 | 58 | #916 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,086 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,045 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1917 | 46 | #946 |
| 1916 | 41 | #998 |
| 1915 | 40 | #996 |
| 1914 | 40 | #855 |
| 1913 | 27 | #950 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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