Baker is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #385 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,765 babies. Baker first appears in the data in 1895 and reached its peak in 2025 (1,765 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,765 | #385 |
| 2024 | 1,179 | #566 |
| 2023 | 882 | #726 |
| 2022 | 807 | #795 |
| 2021 | 785 | #813 |
| 2020 | 619 | #973 |
| 2019 | 668 | #919 |
| 2018 | 376 | #1,398 |
| 2017 | 189 | #2,280 |
| 2016 | 175 | #2,439 |
| 2015 | 97 | #3,615 |
| 2014 | 75 | #4,271 |
| 2013 | 66 | #4,630 |
| 2012 | 59 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 62 | #4,843 |
| 2010 | 49 | #5,715 |
| 2009 | 68 | #4,615 |
| 2008 | 60 | #5,055 |
| 2007 | 73 | #4,398 |
| 2006 | 35 | #7,100 |
| 2005 | 49 | #5,426 |
| 2004 | 30 | #7,411 |
| 2003 | 35 | #6,479 |
| 2002 | 32 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 26 | #7,649 |
| 2000 | 25 | #7,718 |
| 1999 | 27 | #7,012 |
| 1998 | 24 | #7,469 |
| 1997 | 15 | #10,017 |
| 1996 | 27 | #6,482 |
| 1995 | 20 | #7,869 |
| 1994 | 8 | #14,928 |
| 1993 | 26 | #6,466 |
| 1992 | 12 | #11,084 |
| 1991 | 20 | #7,640 |
| 1990 | 14 | #9,655 |
| 1989 | 12 | #10,200 |
| 1988 | 11 | #10,191 |
| 1987 | 11 | #9,713 |
| 1986 | 11 | #9,439 |
| 1985 | 7 | #12,447 |
| 1984 | 10 | #9,580 |
| 1983 | 11 | #8,890 |
| 1979 | 8 | #10,898 |
| 1976 | 5 | #13,731 |
| 1975 | 5 | #13,349 |
| 1973 | 5 | #12,463 |
| 1970 | 5 | #11,704 |
| 1965 | 5 | #9,605 |
| 1962 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1959 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1955 | 6 | #8,001 |
| 1954 | 6 | #7,905 |
| 1951 | 5 | #8,368 |
| 1950 | 9 | #5,803 |
| 1949 | 7 | #6,689 |
| 1947 | 7 | #6,834 |
| 1946 | 10 | #5,240 |
| 1945 | 6 | #6,459 |
| 1944 | 8 | #5,552 |
| 1943 | 7 | #6,182 |
| 1942 | 8 | #5,681 |
| 1941 | 6 | #6,482 |
| 1940 | 10 | #4,721 |
| 1936 | 9 | #4,930 |
| 1935 | 7 | #5,852 |
| 1934 | 8 | #5,443 |
| 1933 | 6 | #6,388 |
| 1932 | 12 | #4,360 |
| 1931 | 8 | #5,581 |
| 1930 | 6 | #6,944 |
| 1929 | 9 | #5,459 |
| 1928 | 5 | #8,028 |
| 1927 | 14 | #4,336 |
| 1926 | 11 | #5,062 |
| 1925 | 15 | #4,230 |
| 1924 | 9 | #5,960 |
| 1923 | 16 | #4,096 |
| 1922 | 14 | #4,474 |
| 1921 | 13 | #4,720 |
| 1920 | 16 | #4,122 |
| 1919 | 11 | #5,009 |
| 1918 | 16 | #3,996 |
| 1917 | 13 | #4,378 |
| 1916 | 7 | #6,209 |
| 1915 | 17 | #3,455 |
| 1914 | 11 | #3,929 |
| 1912 | 9 | #3,585 |
| 1904 | 5 | #3,092 |
| 1900 | 5 | #3,226 |
| 1899 | 6 | #2,397 |
| 1895 | 5 | #2,786 |