Baer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAIR
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Baer is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Baer mean?
Germanic: German and Yiddish surname, from Bar 'bear'
“bear”
Max Baer was the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1934.
Is Baer a girl's or a boy's name?
Baer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Baer, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Baer in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 321 boys in the US were given Baer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Baer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Baer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briggs Bronx Finn Cassian Briar Braylen Raiden Callan Finnegan Kyaire Kayden Zayn
Other spellings of Baer
Names related to Baer
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Baer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baer, updated 20 October 2026.