Boys' name · since 2007
Baer
Baer has 256 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,510 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,066 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 256
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
256 babies have been named Baer since 2007, making it today's #6066 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baer has been recorded 256 times among boys since 2007, currently ranked #6066 nationally and more common than 56% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #11,510 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,066 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 256 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baer ranks #11,510 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,066 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 256 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,510 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,066 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 256
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baer's 256 recorded births place it above 74.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Baer compares
256 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Baer's all-time total is 31% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 256 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Baer's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Baer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Baer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (131 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Baer's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Baer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 131 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Baer's data
- Baer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (131 total births) through the 2020s (102) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Baer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.