as a First Name
English form of Church Latin baptista, Greek baptistēs (a derivative of baptein ‘to dip’), the epithet of the most popular of the numerous saints called John. As an English given name it is used mainly in the United States by members of evangelical sects.
| 7,262nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 737
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Baptist per capita
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- marked the height of its popularity
Top state populations
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