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Baker

Boy's name · #217 in the US (2025) · Trending

91% boys · 9% girls — Baker is also given to girls: 125 in 2025, about 1 in 11 in recent years. Baker →

Popularity over time

Baker is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1895, it stood at #217 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 8,200 boys have been named Baker along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Baker ran 3–4× its national rate in Oklahoma, Nebraska and neighboring states—ranked #35 in Oklahoma in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Baker ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,447 in Sweden (2025).

Famous Bakers

• Baker Mayfield — American football player (born 1995)
• Baker Knight — American musician (1933–2005)
• Baker Fallatah — Saudi Arabian footballer (born 1989)
• Baker Kalbouneh — Jordanian footballer (born 2003)
• Baker Abdel Munem — Palestinian diplomat (1942–2023)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 420,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Josephine Baker — American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
• Chet Baker — American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929–1988)
• Carroll Baker — American actress (born 1931)

In stories & tradition

• Baker bhai — Kothao Keu Nei (TV series)
• Baker Smurf^nl — The Smurfs (comics)
• Baker Bob — Character in Wallace and Gromit

What Bakers become

Among 30 notable people named Baker:

Sports figures appear 1.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Baker Mayfield, American football player (born 1995).

Similar names: Kairo · Banks · Koa · Archer · Miller · Colter

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