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Bauer

Boy's name · #2486 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Bauer reached its best rank, #2235, in 2019 and ranked #2486 in 2025. Roughly 870 boys have been named Bauer since 1996.

Across the states

In recent years, Bauer ran about 6× its national rate in Minnesota.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Bauers

• Bauer — Brazilian footballer and manager (1925–2007)
• Bauer Sharp — American football player

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 65,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Bruno Bauer — German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882)
• Gustav Bauer — German trade unionist and chancellor (1870–1944)
• Otto Bauer — Austrian Social Democrat (1881–1938)

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