Bee
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #9,112
Given to boys 60.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,023since 1881
Bee over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #1,895 | 41 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,161 | 26 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | — | #1,815 | 31 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,602 | 37 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
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| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Bee! It came in at #563, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Bee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 273 spots in 1888 (#921 → #648)
- Biggest drop: 661 spots in 1909 (#779 → #1,440)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #563 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1887–1898
- Highest: 1 in 9,199 boys born in 1891 were named Bee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 327,334 boys born in 2000 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #563 in 1881, was only 1 in 10,074 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.0% of all boys named Bee (266) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2017, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 | #563 (1881) | #772 |
| 1890s | 73 | #564 (1891) | #785 |
| 1900s | 82 | #647 (1904) | #906 |
| 1910s | 143 | #982 (1911) | #1,631 |
| 1920s | 101 | #2,052 (1920) | #2,971 |
| 1930s | 25 | #2,951 (1935) | #3,307 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,316 (1948) | #3,421 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,452 (1954) | #3,452 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 13 | #3,168 (1979) | #3,168 |
| 1980s | 266 | #1,602 (1981) | #2,170 |
| 1990s | 238 | #1,895 (1991) | #3,942 |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,112 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bee in 1904
Top girls' names in 1904
Top boys' names in 1904
More about 1904
girls
275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 30,596 of them was named Bee, which outranked 42.2% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,170Vivien10
- #1,170Vonnie10
- #1,170Yolanda10
- #1,251Bee9
- #1,251Adelene9
- #1,251Aimee9
- #1,251Alcie9
- #1,364Abigail8
- #1,364Allean8
- #1,364Alleen8
Tied with 112 names at #1,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 9,856 of them was named Bee, which outranked 53.6% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).