Bear Popularity by Year
Follow Bear across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bear birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 286 | #853 | Down 27 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 302 | #826 | Down 6 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 299 | #820 | Down 60 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 332 | #760 | Up 67 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 288 | #827 | Up 72 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 250 | #899 | Down 2 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 244 | #897 | Up 101 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 207 | #998 | Up 22 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 198 | #1,020 | Up 35 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 187 | #1,055 | Up 262 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 134 | #1,317 | Up 12 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 131 | #1,329 | Up 380 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 86 | #1,709 | Up 140 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 79 | #1,849 | Down 119 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 85 | #1,730 | Up 624 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 54 | #2,354 | Down 6 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 55 | #2,348 | Up 235 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 48 | #2,583 | Up 1,544 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 24 | #4,127 | Up 4,605 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 8 | #8,732 | Down 1,636 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 10 | #7,096 | Up 1,547 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 7 | #8,643 | Up 749 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 1,856 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 8 | #7,536 | Up 1,576 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 6 | #9,112 | Down 1,002 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 6 | #8,110 | Up 690 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 2,538 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 1,465 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 6 | #4,797 | — |