Baylor
Unisex · BAY-ler · English
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Baylor is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 386th for boys in the US (822 babies).
What does Baylor mean?
English: English surname
Baylor University in Texas is named after Judge R. E. B. Baylor, one of its founders.
- Say it
- BAY-ler
Is Baylor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Baylor has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 407 girls and 822 boys in the US.
How popular is Baylor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #386among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 822about 1 in 2,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 822 boys in the US were named Baylor, making it the 386th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 458th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 905 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918. 407 girls were also named Baylor in 2025 (694th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Baylor in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 33% of the babies named Baylor in the US were girls.
Baylor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 822 | #386 |
| 2024 | 905 | #365 |
| 2023 | 815 | #391 |
| 2022 | 816 | #391 |
| 2021 | 761 | #410 |
| 2020 | 648 | #458 |
| 2019 | 474 | #587 |
| 2018 | 352 | #689 |
| 2017 | 310 | #758 |
| 2016 | 341 | #717 |
| 2015 | 280 | #811 |
| 2014 | 218 | #965 |
| 2013 | 183 | #1,047 |
| 2012 | 195 | #1,011 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,219 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 138 | #1,272 |
| 2008 | 140 | #1,240 |
| 2007 | 130 | #1,317 |
| 2006 | 115 | #1,387 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,322 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,269 |
| 2003 | 127 | #1,172 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,430 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,232 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,787 |
| 1996 | 54 | #1,722 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
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