Behr

Peak · boys
2021 · 26 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
323
since 2007

Behr over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Behr has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020boysat peak
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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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rankbirths
2025#4,85720
2024#5,90415
2023#5,07519
2022#4,30324
2021#4,01126
2020#4,27523
2019#4,23024
2018#5,10618
2017#4,46622
2016#5,55516
2015#5,99914
2014#5,25217
2013#6,24113
2012#6,00114
2011#6,25613
2010#5,04718
2009#7,69210
2008#7,69810
2007#9,7887
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First appearance
2007

The first year at least five boys were named Behr! It came in at #9,788, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2007–2009, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Behr is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Behr in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Behr
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,047 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #4,857)
  • 582 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,857)
  • 1,142 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #4,857)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2007
  • Peaked 2021 at #4,011 (26 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 67,288
  • Highest: 1 in 67,288 boys born in 2021 were named Behr (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 52.3% of all boys named Behr (169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s27#7,692 (2009)#8,393
2010s169#4,230 (2019)#5,415
2020s127#4,011 (2021)#4,738

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.

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