Baylor

What Baylor means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Baylor yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #811 in 2015, #386 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Baylor?

US: Rising: up from #811 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 905 boys got the name (#365 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 2,078 baby boys in the US 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 SD (3.38 per 1,000 boys), ND (3.28 per 1,000 boys), MS (2.58 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Baylor is #386 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 66.9% of US babies named Baylor were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bayler17 US
• Balor6 US
• Bailor6 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 Baylor

Boys

• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies

For a sister

• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Sage#160“sedge”^*
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Baylor’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.