first name
BAYLOR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,752 people named Baylor, 86.4% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 71.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Baylor peaked in 2024, when 1,253 babies got the name.
At least 12,731 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Baylor by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #590. The largest share of babies named Baylor, 79.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Baylor is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Baylor has been most common in Oklahoma (3.8×), Tennessee (3.4×), and Utah (3.4×), and least common in California (0.18×).
10,418 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Baylor, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Baylor ranks #5,684 of 156,621, with 5,882 people. See Baylor as a last name
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