Baker

What Baker means

From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”

An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven

Source: Wiktionary, “Baker” (revision 92673424), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Baker?

US: Rising: up from #1753 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,640 boys got the name (#217 that year). First in the US records in 1895.

How common

• About 1 in 1,042 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 38,848 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (5.07 per 1,000 boys), OK (4.75 per 1,000 boys), NE (4.08 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Baker is #217 in the US and #2952 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.9% of US babies named Baker were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Booker180 US
• Bayker44 US
• Becker25 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Baker

Boys

• Wells#345“spring”^*
• Montgomery#960“Gomeric's hill”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Murphy#754“descendant of Murrough”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Ridge#529From the word “ridge”^*

For a sister

• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Quincy#814Editor’s note Used for both: 44% of US babies named Quincy in 2025 were girls
• Merritt#703Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Merritt in 2025 were girls
• Murphy#397“descendant of Murrough”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Carter#454“son of Arthur”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Baker’s. Rank is US 2025.