Bauer

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,228
2019 · 62 births
Debut · boys
1996
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
869
since 1996

Bauer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bauer has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #2,228, 2019boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#2,48054
2024—#3,16138
2023—#2,76946
2022#13,5926#2,75347
2021—#2,46454
2020—#2,29259
2019—#2,22862
2018—#2,50751
2017—#2,63747
2016—#2,78343
2015—#3,29934
2014—#3,53230
2013—#3,06036
2012—#3,53030
2011—#2,95039
2010—#4,24123
2009—#3,27434
2008—#4,39522
2007—#3,68728
2006—#5,52515
2005—#4,19821
2004—#6,97610
2003—#7,2459
2002—#7,0559
2001—#10,5565
2000—#7,4168
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1998—#9,6315
1997—#9,2655
1996—#9,0155
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five boys were named Bauer! It came in at #9,015, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1996–1999, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Bauer is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedINOhio: #1,105 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,036 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedHITexas: #2,455 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 34,225 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Bauer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Ohio#1,105 · 1 in 9,036
  2. Texas#2,455 · 1 in 34,225

Best ever in a state: #434 in Minnesota, 2019.

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Texas#2,45551 in 34,225
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See more about Bauer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 681 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #2,480)
  • 188 spots since 2020 (#2,292 → #2,480)
  • 819 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #2,480)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2019 at #2,228 (62 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,939
  • Highest: 1 in 28,939 boys born in 2019 were named Bauer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.5% of all boys named Bauer (395) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s15#9,015 (1996)#9,304
2000s161#3,274 (2009)#6,033
2010s395#2,228 (2019)#3,077
2020s298#2,292 (2020)#2,653

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bauer in 2021

boys
#2,464
54 births · 1 in 32,398 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #2,464Bauer54
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 32,398 of them was named Bauer, which outranked 82.5% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bauer
  1. #2,439Tyrese55
  2. #2,439Yusef55
  3. #2,439Zahid55
  4. #2,464Bauer54
  5. #2,464Abbas54
  6. #2,464Blaize54
  7. #2,464Calix54
  8. #2,499Advait53
  9. #2,499Akari53
  10. #2,499Amor53

Tied with 34 names at #2,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →