Bauer
Bauer was the 2486th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2235th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 816 places. More babies were named Bauer in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,486 boys, down 190 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 54boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201962 babies
- Total since 1880
- 875babies recorded
Bauer popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 6 since 2022.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,486 | 54 |
| 2020 | #2,296 | 59 |
| 2010 | #4,252 | 23 |
| 2000 | #7,511 | 8 |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Bauer, counting every spelling?
Bauer has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Bauer?
54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bauer (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bauer born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bauer.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bauer?
About 900 people born in the US named Bauer are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 15. That makes Bauer a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Bauer by state
How common Bauer was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Minnesota (7.1×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bauer: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bauer, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Bauer
How popular is the name Bauer?
Bauer was the 2486th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2235th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 816 places. More babies were named Bauer in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Bauer a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Bauer in the US.
Where is Bauer most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bauer was most common in Minnesota (0.20 per 1,000 boys), followed by Iowa and Ohio.