Baxter comes from the English tradition, meaning Baker.
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How popular is Baxter?
2014peak year
Today, Baxter is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2772), with only about 49 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2014, 74 babies were given the name (ranked #1946 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Baxter has been declining in recent years. In all, around 3,996 babies have been registered as Baxter since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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