Bauer

Boy · BOW-er · Germanic

Bauer is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “farmer”. In 2025 it ranked 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).

What does Bauer mean?

Germanic: German surname

“farmer”

Jack Bauer is the counter-terrorism agent at the centre of the US TV series 24.

Say it: BOW-er

Is Bauer a girl's or a boy's name?

Bauer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Bauer in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,480among boys
Babies in 2025: 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Bauer, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Bauer in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 62 in 20192025

Bauer in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	54	#2,480
2024	38	#3,159
2023	46	#2,768
2022	47	#2,751
2021	54	#2,463
2020	59	#2,291
2019	62	#2,227
2018	51	#2,506
2017	47	#2,636
2016	43	#2,782
2015	34	#3,298
2014	30	#3,530
2013	36	#3,058
2012	30	#3,527
2011	39	#2,949
2010	23	#4,240
2009	34	#3,272
2008	22	#4,392
2007	28	#3,685
2006	15	#5,521
2005	21	#4,193
2004	10	#6,970
2003	9	#7,238
2002	9	#7,048
2001	5	#10,548
2000	8	#7,409
1999	0	–
1998	5	#9,623
1997	5	#9,259
1996	5	#9,008

Names like Bauer

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Briar Sawyer Beckham Baylor Zahir Ares Zamir Bridger Jamir Iker Xander Brewer

Names related to Bauer

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