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Baxter Name Meaning, Origins & History

Baxter

Pronunciation: BAK-stur

Meaning Baker Origin surnames Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#3,138
TREND
96
Peak Years
2014, 2013, 2015
Lowest Years
1891, 1899, 1883
Energy Archetype
Emotional & Intuitive

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Baxter in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Baxter

  • More than 4 thousand babies named Baxter: U.S. records list 4,034 babies given the name Baxter from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Baxter Mean?

Baxter is an English occupational name meaning "baker." It comes from Old English bæcestre, the feminine form of bæcere, "baker," formed with the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. The literal Old English sense was a woman who baked bread, but the customary modern meaning is simply baker. In Middle English the word appeared as baxter or bakster, and the -ster ending later lost its strictly feminine force and was used for men as well.

Baxter Name History & Origins

The Old English word bæcestre is recorded as a term for a female baker. By the Middle English period, northern English and Scots forms such as baxter and bakster were used for a baker of either sex. The word became a hereditary occupational surname in medieval England and Scotland, and it is found particularly in northern England and Scotland. In Scots, baxter was a term for a baker. The surname was borne by Richard Baxter (1615 - 1691), an English Puritan minister and writer. As a masculine first name, Baxter is a transferred use of the surname, following the English-speaking custom of using family names as given names.

How Popular is the Name Baxter?

Baxter recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2014. Its best rank was #515 in 1886.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Baxter Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.

You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.

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