Bear

Boy name

Bear ranks #29 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 1,627 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #91 for cats.

Bear's popularity trend

Bear's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.47%
2024	0.46%
2023	0.47%
2022	0.45%
2021	0.42%
2020	0.47%
2019	0.46%
2018	0.42%
2017	0.44%
2016	0.43%
2015	0.44%
2014	0.44%
2013	0.43%
2012	0.43%
2011	0.45%
2010	0.49%
2009	0.51%
2008	0.51%
2007	0.53%

Licensed dogs in our data

1,627

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#29

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

2020 → 2025

Gender split

92% boys

8% girls92% boys

Where Bear shows up

Bear's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	0.8%
PlayfordAustralia	0.5%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.5%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.4%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.3%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.3%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.3%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.2%
BurnsideAustralia	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%

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