girls:
3k births since 1994
#3186 (44th percentile)
boys:
7.3k births since 1918
#1385 (70th percentile)
overall:
10.2k births since 1918
#2638 (66th percentile)
The name Baylor is the #2,638 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,237 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 65.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,385 (69.8% percentile) for all time with 7,274 births since 1918. For girls, it ranks #3,186 (44.3% percentile) for all time with 2,963 births since 1994.
Baylor first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Baylor is available in 43 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Baylor has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.6% of babies named Baylor were boys.
For boys, Baylor reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 60.7% percentile (ranked #364) with 435 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 443 births per million (ranked 60.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1990, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Baylor is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #365 (60.0% percentile) with 443 births per million.
For girls, Baylor reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 36.6% percentile (ranked #601) with 213 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 213 births per million (ranked 36.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Baylor is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #601 (36.6% percentile) with 213 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Baylor".
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