Given name & surname
Baker
“one who bakes”
Baker is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who bakes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who bakes.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Baker through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,982
- 8,234 boys · 748 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,765 babies
- 2025
- 1,765
- #217 for boys · #1,656 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +167%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 91% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,640 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 217 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 169.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 125 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (153). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,081 as a first name in 2020; 401,148 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Baker’s family of names
In English usage, Baker as a surname has a nickname in BAKES. Baker has a surname derivative in Bakerson. Baker has a related form in Bakir.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Baker has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BeckGerman
- BeckerGerman
- Bakerson“son of” surname · English
- PanettiereItalian
- BagerSwedish, Danish
- BakkerDutch
- ΨωμάςGreek
- PiekarzPolish
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People named Baker
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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