Baylor

Origin: English — Transferred use of the surname Baylor

Girl's name · #694 in the US (2025) · Trending

30% girls · 70% boys — About 70% of babies named Baylor in recent years have been boys. Baylor →

Popularity over time

Baylor is climbing: on the charts since 1994, it reached #694 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 410 girls given the name last year. Roughly 3,700 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Baylor ran 3–5× its national rate in Arkansas, Louisiana and neighboring states, and about 5× across Nebraska.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Baylors

Baylor Wilson — American reality television participant

Similar names: Merritt · Baila · Miller · Sailor · Cooper · Carter

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