Bear
#2,274 most common boys' name of all time · #5,473 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1975–2025
Rank among boys
#2,274
Rank overall
#5,473 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
3,356
Since 2016
2,593
Peak year
2022 #763
Best rank
#763 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 332/yr
Bear first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 286 | 286 | #854 |
| 2024 | — | 302 | 302 | #828 |
| 2023 | — | 299 | 299 | #822 |
| 2022 | — | 332 | 332 | #763 |
| 2021 | — | 288 | 288 | #827 |
| 2020 | — | 250 | 250 | #901 |
| 2019 | — | 244 | 244 | #902 |
| 2018 | — | 207 | 207 | #1,002 |
| 2017 | — | 198 | 198 | #1,022 |
| 2016 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,058 |
| 2015 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,331 |
| 2013 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,720 |
| 2012 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,860 |
| 2011 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,734 |
| 2010 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,363 |
| 2009 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,367 |
| 2008 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,614 |
| 2007 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,181 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,001 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,304 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,937 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,771 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,818 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,543 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,566 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,316 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,904 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,390 |