Bear
Boy · BAIR · English
Bear is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 377th for boys in the UK (124 babies) and 853rd for boys in the US (286 babies).
What does Bear mean?
English: the animal name
“bear”
- Say it
- BAIR
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bear a girl's or a boy's name?
Bear is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 124 boys in the UK and 286 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bear in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #377among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 124about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 124 boys in the UK were named Bear, making it the 377th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 379th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 131 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bear in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 360th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.
Bear in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #377 |
| 2024 | 82 | #532 |
| 2023 | 107 | #423 |
| 2022 | 131 | #367 |
| 2021 | 116 | #419 |
| 2020 | 131 | #379 |
| 2019 | 123 | #397 |
| 2018 | 121 | #403 |
| 2017 | 86 | #518 |
| 2016 | 75 | #570 |
| 2015 | 36 | #924 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
How popular is Bear in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #853among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 286about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 286 boys in the US were named Bear, making it the 853rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 899th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 332 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Bear than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Bear in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 321 boys in the US were given Bear or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #853 for this spelling alone.
Bear in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 286 | #853 |
| 2024 | 302 | #826 |
| 2023 | 299 | #820 |
| 2022 | 332 | #760 |
| 2021 | 288 | #827 |
| 2020 | 250 | #899 |
| 2019 | 244 | #897 |
| 2018 | 207 | #998 |
| 2017 | 198 | #1,020 |
| 2016 | 187 | #1,055 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 131 | #1,329 |
| 2013 | 86 | #1,708 |
| 2012 | 79 | #1,848 |
| 2011 | 85 | #1,729 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,353 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Bear
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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