Bayard · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bayard.

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 80 recorded years as a table

Bayard, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	44
1884	44
1898	41
1900	47
1906	38
1912	28
1913	27
1914	24
1915	19
1916	24
1917	30
1918	32
1919	33
1920	23
1921	25
1922	25
1923	14
1924	22
1925	21
1926	15
1927	10
1928	16
1929	15
1930	16
1931	15
1932	17
1933	11
1934	11
1935	13
1937	5
1938	5
1939	10
1940	10
1941	9
1942	8
1943	7
1944	10
1945	10
1946	7
1947	6
1948	8
1949	6
1950	9
1951	7
1952	6
1953	5
1954	6
1955	2
1956	4
1957	4
1958	4
1959	4
1960	5
1961	3
1962	3
1963	4
1964	6
1965	4
1966	4
1968	3
1971	3
1973	3
1975	4
1977	3
1978	4
1979	3
1980	3
1981	4
1982	4
1986	3
1988	3
1989	2
1991	2
1995	4
1998	3
2013	3
2014	3
2017	5
2019	4
2020	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bayard isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020: 6
Rank in 2020: #10,605
How rare: 1 in 287,679 boys
Since 1882: 922

Bayard was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1900, at 47 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bayard doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.