Bee**
#3,462 most common boys' name of all time · #8,442 across all names · 60% male / 40% female · used 1881–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,462
Rank overall
#8,442 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
1,700
Since 2016
62
Peak year
1990 #1,975
Best rank
#592 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 48/yr
Bee first appears in 1881. 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 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2022 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,148 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,945 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,594 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,890 |
| 1996 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #3,685 |
| 1995 | 9 | 26 | 35 | #2,764 |
| 1994 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #3,038 |
| 1993 | 10 | 35 | 45 | #2,211 |
| 1992 | 8 | 28 | 36 | #2,540 |
| 1991 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #1,898 |
| 1990 | 10 | 38 | 48 | #1,975 |
| 1989 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #2,365 |
| 1988 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #2,775 |
| 1987 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,652 |
| 1986 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,168 |
| 1985 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #2,300 |
| 1984 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #2,109 |
| 1983 | 10 | 22 | 32 | #2,278 |
| 1982 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,820 |
| 1981 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #1,607 |
| 1980 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #1,700 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,189 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,482 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,347 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,570 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1941 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,534 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,986 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1933 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,819 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,190 |
| 1927 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,481 |
| 1926 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1925 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #2,969 |
| 1924 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #2,370 |
| 1923 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #2,245 |
| 1922 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #4,352 |
| 1921 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1920 | 14 | 16 | 30 | #2,071 |
| 1919 | 19 | 18 | 37 | #1,822 |
| 1918 | 21 | 20 | 41 | #1,721 |
| 1917 | 27 | 19 | 46 | #1,705 |
| 1916 | 23 | 18 | 41 | #1,711 |
| 1915 | 21 | 14 | 35 | #1,987 |
| 1914 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #2,305 |
| 1913 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #1,382 |
| 1912 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #1,650 |
| 1911 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #1,009 |
| 1910 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #1,242 |
| 1909 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #1,509 |
| 1908 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #808 |
| 1907 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #761 |
| 1906 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #1,056 |
| 1905 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #1,155 |
| 1904 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #677 |
| 1903 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #876 |
| 1902 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1901 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #820 |
| 1900 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #875 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #787 |
| 1897 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #826 |
| 1896 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #808 |
| 1895 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #930 |
| 1894 | — | 8 | 8 | #837 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #874 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,007 |
| 1891 | — | 11 | 11 | #594 |
| 1890 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #800 |
| 1889 | — | 11 | 11 | #623 |
| 1888 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #694 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #993 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,011 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,032 |
| 1883 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #776 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #899 |
| 1881 | — | 10 | 10 | #592 |