Baxter
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning baker; one who bakes bread.
Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1897
13 babies
Baxter by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Baxter. In the US, 62 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 74 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Baxter. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bakerone who bakes bread; occupational surname189 in the US (2017)
- Braxtenbadger's homestead; a modern respelling of Braxton105 in the US (2017)
- Bauerfarmer or dweller47 in the US (2017)
- Bannerflag or standard bearer39 in the US (2017)
- Baderfull moon14 in the US (2017)
- Busterone who breaks or busts8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Baxter, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Baxter
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