Dunbar — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dunbar

The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Dunbar between 1914 and 1949, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dunbar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dunbar performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dunbar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dunbar 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 76 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.