Bee

Boy · recorded 1881–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bee.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1881

05510918811911194119702000

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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 75 recorded years as a table
Bee, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188199
188253
188367
188444
188546
188749
188883
188999
189072
1891109
189249
189362
189469
189560
189675
189771
189873
190066
190175
190367
1904101
190545
190653
190789
190878
190930
191041
191153
191223
191329
191414
191516
191620
191721
191820
191918
192015
192112
19225
192313
192411
19258
192612
19276
19285
19296
19307
19325
19357
19395
19463
19483
19543
19798
198019
198121
198217
198312
198414
198512
198614
198711
198810
198914
199019
199120
199214
199318
199412
199514
199610
19979
19984
19993
20003

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bee isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
6
Rank in 2000
#9,112
How rare
1 in 327,333 boys
Since 1881
1,023

Bee was last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 109 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bee doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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