Behr — #6109 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Behr

The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Behr between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Behr currently holds the #6109 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Behr performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Behr shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Behr in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Behr in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 303 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.