Baker
Meaning
occupational surname, "one who bakes bread"
The story
Baker is the friendliest trade in the occupational register, the one who bakes the bread, and it is the register's newest arrival at scale: a century of double digits, then about 430 in the 2000s, 1,800 in the 2010s, and already 6,000 so far this decade, more than triple the full 2010s. Carter drove the cart, Cooper made the barrels, Tucker finished the cloth, and their stories in these batches all crested earlier; Baker is the trade the wave saved for last, perhaps because it is the one whose product everyone still wants at seven in the morning. In our records it goes to boys about 8,200 to 750. The surname wave has now worked through an entire medieval high street, and the record suggests the bakery, as usual, has the longest line.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Baker peaked in the 2020s.
When you meet Baker
Most people given the name Baker in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Baker deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Baker truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Baker fits with your family’s names and surname.
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