Baxter is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2014 and has grown less common since.
Baxter is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,138 for boy births in the United States (and #6,733 across all names), given to 38 babies. Baxter first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2014 (74 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | #3,138 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | #3,896 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | #3,419 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | #3,509 |
| 2020 | 46 | 46 | #2,694 |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | #2,491 |
| 2018 | 62 | 62 | #2,214 |
| 2017 | 64 | 64 | #2,134 |
| 2016 | 59 | 59 | #2,256 |
| 2015 | 68 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 74 | 74 | #1,946 |
| 2013 | 70 | 70 | #1,968 |
| 2012 | 59 | 59 | #2,213 |
| 2011 | 63 | 63 | #2,107 |
| 2010 | 38 | 38 | #3,019 |
| 2009 | 38 | 38 | #3,052 |
| 2008 | 58 | 58 | #2,271 |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | #3,382 |
| 2006 | 35 | 35 | #3,093 |
| 2005 | 48 | 48 | #2,401 |
| 2004 | 46 | 46 | #2,424 |
| 2003 | 38 | 38 | #2,624 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | #2,562 |
| 2001 | 40 | 40 | #2,432 |
| 2000 | 40 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1999 | 37 | 37 | #2,406 |
| 1998 | 54 | 54 | #1,835 |
| 1997 | 39 | — | #2,203 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | #1,962 |
| 1995 | 39 | — | #2,106 |
| 1994 | 40 | — | #2,046 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | #2,520 |
| 1992 | 37 | — | #2,089 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #2,757 |
| 1990 | 38 | — | #1,973 |
| 1989 | 39 | — | #1,897 |
| 1988 | 29 | — | #2,148 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #2,846 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | #2,844 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #4,591 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | #5,548 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | #2,433 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #3,626 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #4,981 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #4,890 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #5,124 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #3,866 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #2,961 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,453 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #2,555 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | #2,411 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | #2,334 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #2,209 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #2,405 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | #2,052 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | #2,325 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #1,911 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #2,226 |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #1,809 |
| 1964 | 27 | — | #1,512 |
| 1963 | 22 | — | #1,699 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | #1,765 |
| 1961 | 24 | — | #1,640 |
| 1960 | 32 | — | #1,402 |
| 1959 | 33 | — | #1,361 |
| 1958 | 31 | — | #1,398 |
| 1957 | 22 | — | #1,719 |
| 1956 | 29 | — | #1,449 |
| 1955 | 30 | — | #1,400 |
| 1954 | 26 | — | #1,499 |
| 1953 | 28 | — | #1,430 |
| 1952 | 31 | — | #1,350 |
| 1951 | 29 | — | #1,377 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | #1,398 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | #1,506 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | #1,197 |
| 1947 | 40 | — | #1,149 |
| 1946 | 39 | — | #1,111 |
| 1945 | 22 | — | #1,410 |
| 1944 | 30 | — | #1,215 |
| 1943 | 39 | — | #1,088 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #1,632 |
| 1941 | 29 | — | #1,234 |
| 1940 | 18 | — | #1,633 |
| 1939 | 34 | — | #1,104 |
| 1938 | 36 | — | #1,076 |
| 1937 | 29 | — | #1,235 |
| 1936 | 31 | — | #1,183 |
| 1935 | 37 | — | #1,061 |
| 1934 | 30 | — | #1,216 |
| 1933 | 40 | — | #1,016 |
| 1932 | 30 | — | #1,238 |
| 1931 | 38 | — | #1,102 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | #1,154 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 35 | — | #1,213 |
| 1927 | 53 | — | #953 |
| 1926 | 40 | — | #1,127 |
| 1925 | 29 | — | #1,362 |
| 1924 | 58 | — | #919 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | #1,058 |
| 1922 | 44 | — | #1,059 |
| 1921 | 42 | — | #1,088 |
| 1920 | 44 | — | #1,048 |
| 1919 | 43 | — | #1,035 |
| 1918 | 36 | — | #1,155 |
| 1917 | 46 | — | #947 |
| 1916 | 41 | — | #999 |
| 1915 | 40 | — | #997 |
| 1914 | 40 | — | #856 |
| 1913 | 27 | — | #950 |
| 1912 | 24 | — | #919 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | #984 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,048 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | #957 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #828 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #936 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,128 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | #932 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #972 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #917 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #799 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #863 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | #842 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,061 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #894 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #687 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | #731 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #881 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #866 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | #774 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | #802 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #983 |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #668 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #800 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | #654 |
| 1887 | 12 | — | #518 |
| 1886 | 13 | — | #515 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | #705 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #709 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #810 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #764 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | #792 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | #573 |