Bauer
Recorded 1996–2025 · United States
Bauer was most popular in 2019, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,820 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,336, with 54 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 875 people named Bauer.
Bauer over time
How old is the name Bauer?
Bauer first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1996, which makes it about 29 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 29 of the 30 years since.
How many people are named Bauer?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 875 American births named Bauer between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 867 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Bauer in 2025?
54 American babies were named Bauer in 2025, ranking #5,336 that year.
Is Bauer getting more or less popular?
Bauer is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 49 births a year, against 34 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +45% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Bauer a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Bauer is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 875 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Bauer?
Roughly 867 Americans named Bauer are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 5 and 15. That is a narrow band because Bauer is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Bauer is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org