Bear

Boy · recorded 1975–2025

  • #853in 2025
  • 1 in 5,972boys in 2025
  • +140%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Oklahoma

Most popular in 2022, and up 140% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1975

09519019751988200020132025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 29 recorded years as a table
Bear, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19754
19813
19943
19973
20003
20014
20023
20034
20055
20064
200712
200824
200928
201028
201145
201242
201345
201468
201570
201699
2017107
2018114
2019136
2020145
2021165
2022190
2023175
2024175
2025167

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Oklahoma 3.0×
  2. Utah 2.5×
  3. Colorado 2.2×
  4. Washington 2.0×
  5. Tennessee 1.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
286
Rank in 2025
#853
How rare
1 in 5,972 boys
Since 1975
3,356

Most popular in 2022, at 190 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 140% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Oklahoma3.0×27
Utah2.5×25
Colorado2.2×30
Washington2.0×33
Tennessee1.8×33

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.