Berel
Boy · BEH-rel · Germanic
Berel is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “little bear”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Berel mean?
Germanic: Yiddish pet form of Ber 'bear'
“little bear”
Ber, 'bear', is the traditional Yiddish partner of the Hebrew name Dov, which also means bear.
- Say it
- BEH-rel
Is Berel a girl's or a boy's name?
Berel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Berel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Berel, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had more boys named Berel than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Berel in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Berel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
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