Baxter is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6725 for boy births in the United States, given to 38 babies. Baxter first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2014 (74 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #6,725 |
| 2024 | 40 | #6,571 |
| 2023 | 28 | #8,268 |
| 2022 | 34 | #7,331 |
| 2021 | 32 | #7,490 |
| 2020 | 46 | #5,817 |
| 2019 | 53 | #5,376 |
| 2018 | 62 | #4,824 |
| 2017 | 64 | #4,734 |
| 2016 | 59 | #5,010 |
| 2015 | 68 | #4,576 |
| 2014 | 74 | #4,311 |
| 2013 | 70 | #4,437 |
| 2012 | 59 | #5,026 |
| 2011 | 63 | #4,797 |
| 2010 | 38 | #6,815 |
| 2009 | 38 | #6,914 |
| 2008 | 58 | #5,169 |
| 2007 | 32 | #7,750 |
| 2006 | 35 | #7,088 |
| 2005 | 48 | #5,505 |
| 2004 | 46 | #5,525 |
| 2003 | 38 | #6,121 |
| 2002 | 38 | #5,958 |
| 2001 | 40 | #5,679 |
| 2000 | 40 | #5,576 |
| 1999 | 37 | #5,610 |
| 1998 | 54 | #4,277 |
| 1997 | 39 | #5,106 |
| 1996 | 45 | #4,542 |
| 1995 | 39 | #4,913 |
| 1994 | 40 | #4,851 |
| 1993 | 29 | #5,982 |
| 1992 | 37 | #5,032 |
| 1991 | 24 | #6,710 |
| 1990 | 38 | #4,755 |
| 1989 | 39 | #4,525 |
| 1988 | 29 | #5,245 |
| 1987 | 18 | #6,952 |
| 1986 | 17 | #7,039 |
| 1985 | 17 | #6,893 |
| 1984 | 8 | #11,059 |
| 1983 | 6 | #13,284 |
| 1982 | 20 | #6,025 |
| 1981 | 11 | #8,877 |
| 1980 | 7 | #12,086 |
| 1979 | 7 | #11,884 |
| 1978 | 6 | #12,512 |
| 1977 | 9 | #9,466 |
| 1976 | 13 | #7,090 |
| 1975 | 10 | #8,340 |
| 1974 | 15 | #6,222 |
| 1973 | 16 | #5,825 |
| 1972 | 16 | #5,699 |
| 1971 | 18 | #5,391 |
| 1970 | 15 | #5,876 |
| 1969 | 17 | #5,059 |
| 1968 | 13 | #5,707 |
| 1967 | 17 | #4,696 |
| 1966 | 13 | #5,399 |
| 1965 | 19 | #4,374 |
| 1964 | 27 | #3,674 |
| 1963 | 22 | #4,083 |
| 1962 | 21 | #4,173 |
| 1961 | 24 | #3,876 |
| 1960 | 32 | #3,262 |
| 1959 | 33 | #3,171 |
| 1958 | 31 | #3,218 |
| 1957 | 22 | #3,872 |
| 1956 | 29 | #3,299 |
| 1955 | 30 | #3,190 |
| 1954 | 26 | #3,393 |
| 1953 | 28 | #3,187 |
| 1952 | 31 | #2,998 |
| 1951 | 29 | #3,024 |
| 1950 | 27 | #3,076 |
| 1949 | 24 | #3,268 |
| 1948 | 36 | #2,636 |
| 1947 | 40 | #2,530 |
| 1946 | 39 | #2,399 |
| 1945 | 22 | #3,032 |
| 1944 | 30 | #2,564 |
| 1943 | 39 | #2,285 |
| 1942 | 19 | #3,389 |
| 1941 | 29 | #2,537 |
| 1940 | 18 | #3,306 |
| 1939 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1938 | 36 | #2,199 |
| 1937 | 29 | #2,463 |
| 1936 | 31 | #2,352 |
| 1935 | 37 | #2,128 |
| 1934 | 30 | #2,410 |
| 1933 | 40 | #2,031 |
| 1932 | 30 | #2,451 |
| 1931 | 38 | #2,148 |
| 1930 | 37 | #2,261 |
| 1929 | 28 | #2,623 |
| 1928 | 35 | #2,354 |
| 1927 | 53 | #1,912 |
| 1926 | 40 | #2,244 |
| 1925 | 29 | #2,742 |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,852 |
| 1923 | 45 | #2,126 |
| 1922 | 44 | #2,135 |
| 1921 | 42 | #2,183 |
| 1920 | 44 | #2,111 |
| 1919 | 43 | #2,078 |
| 1918 | 36 | #2,304 |
| 1917 | 46 | #1,918 |
| 1916 | 41 | #2,023 |
| 1915 | 40 | #2,003 |
| 1914 | 40 | #1,748 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,932 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,928 |
| 1911 | 12 | #2,249 |
| 1910 | 10 | #2,421 |
| 1909 | 10 | #2,221 |
| 1908 | 11 | #2,021 |
| 1907 | 9 | #2,202 |
| 1906 | 6 | #2,649 |
| 1905 | 8 | #2,205 |
| 1904 | 7 | #2,314 |
| 1903 | 7 | #2,231 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,936 |
| 1901 | 7 | #2,085 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,979 |
| 1899 | 5 | #2,458 |
| 1898 | 7 | #2,146 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,678 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,722 |
| 1895 | 7 | #2,068 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,985 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,781 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,804 |
| 1891 | 5 | #2,156 |
| 1890 | 9 | #1,580 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,741 |
| 1888 | 10 | #1,468 |
| 1887 | 12 | #1,185 |
| 1886 | 13 | #1,151 |
| 1885 | 8 | #1,466 |
| 1884 | 8 | #1,479 |
| 1883 | 6 | #1,585 |
| 1882 | 7 | #1,473 |
| 1881 | 6 | #1,511 |
| 1880 | 11 | #1,097 |