Bear
Rank in 2025
#853
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
286
boys 286
Peak year
2022
332 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
3,356
since 1975
Born a Bear? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Bear was most popular in 2022, when 332 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.19 per 1,000). In 2025, 286 babies were named Bear, ranking #853 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 31%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 286 | 853 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 302 | 826 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 299 | 820 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 332 | 760 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 288 | 827 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 250 | 899 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 244 | 897 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 207 | 998 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 198 | 1020 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 187 | 1055 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 134 | 1317 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 131 | 1329 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 86 | 1709 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 79 | 1849 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 85 | 1730 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 54 | 2354 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 55 | 2348 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 48 | 2583 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 24 | 4127 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 8 | 8732 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 10 | 7096 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 6 | 4797 |
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Names like Bear
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Bear is most popular
- Colorado3.0×
- Oklahoma2.9×
- Utah2.5×
- Washington1.9×
- Tennessee1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.