Bear
Bear is ranked 826th among boys in 2024 (300 births). Its best rank was 763rd, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #826down 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3000.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022331 births
- Best rank
- #763in 2022
- Since 1975
- 3,066people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,066 boys have been named Bear in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 331 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 48%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Bear was the 763rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Bear
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zeppelinpeak 2022
- Kaisenpeak 2024
- Matheopeak 2024
- Beckhampeak 2024
- Revanpeak 2021
- Emryspeak 2024
- Ezrahpeak 2023
- Apollopeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.