Baxter is a distinctive choice, ranked #1897 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Baxter in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1897
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About the Name Baxter
Baxter has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 525 places in five years. It was most popular in 2012 at #671 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Baxter is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Baxter in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Baxter
Don Baxter โ Cornel Sergiu Istrati better known by his stage name Don Baxter is a Romanian singer and record producer from Bucureศti currently signed to the HaHaHa Production label.
Richard Reeve Baxter โ Richard Reeve Baxter was an American jurist and from 1950 until his death the preeminent figure on the law of war.
Baxter Dury โ Baxter Dury is an English indie musician, originally signed to Rough Trade Records.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Baxter
Unlikely. With around 13 UK babies named Baxter per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Baxter in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Baxter is declining: down 747 places since 2020, to #1,897 in 2025. It peaked at #671 in 2012.
Baxter is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Baxter include: Don Baxter, Baxter Dury and Jeff Baxter. Short summaries for each appear below.
Baxter does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Baxters in the wild.
13
UK babies named Baxter (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 747 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Baxter
Almost certainly the only Baxter in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Baxter
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Cornel Sergiu Istrati better known by his stage name Don Baxter is a Romanian singer and record producer from Bucureศti currently signed to the HaHaHa Production label.
Jeffrey Allen "Skunk" Baxter is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s and Spirit in the 1980s.
Richard Baxter was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".