How Many People Are Named Bear?
people named Bear are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,576 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,356 babies named Bear in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
332 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bear in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bear alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bear first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2022, to 332 babies. In 2025, 286 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bear has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #760, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #853.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #853 |
| Best rank | #760 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #831 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bear alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bear were born in California than in any other state: about 380 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bear was given 2.9 times as often in Colorado, 2.6 times in Oklahoma and 2.5 times in Utah.
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