Is Bee a boy or girl name?

Bee is a unisex name. Of the 1,700 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 39.8% were girls and 60.2% were boys. It changed hands in 1920, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Bee

Recorded 1881–2025 · United States

Bee was most popular in 1990, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,053 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,700 people named Bee.

Bee over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bee’s peak in 1990. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bee a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bee is a unisex name — 39.8% of the 1,700 Americans given it were girls and 60.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1920 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Bee

Where Bee 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