Is Bear a boy or girl name?

Bear is a boy’s name. Of the 3,356 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Bear

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Bear was most popular in 2022, when 332 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,587 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,752, with 286 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,356 people named Bear.

Bear over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bear’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bear a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bear is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,356 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Bear

Where Bear is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org