Behr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAIR
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Behr is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Behr mean?
Germanic: German and Yiddish surname from Bär 'bear'
“bear”
Is Behr a girl's or a boy's name?
Behr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Behr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Behr, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Behr in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 321 boys in the US were given Behr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Behr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Behr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Zahir, Zamir, Musa, Zayn, Ahmir, Zymir, Zayan, Azir, Hamza, Nazir, Azaiah
Other spellings of Behr
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Behr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/behr, updated 20 October 2026.