Bar
Bar is a surname and a unisex given name. It may refer to:
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Bar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bar is a surname and a unisex given name. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Bar
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Bar as a girl name dates back to 2006, when 6 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Bar — #15,152 in the national rankings. About 74% of every Bar on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Bar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 23 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Bar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 7 births, good for #9,599 nationwide. About 63% of every Bar on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Bar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Bar
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About the name Bar
Bar is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Bar's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #9,599. Use the chart and map above to compare Bar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.