Meaning not yet researched.
Boston: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 451 in 2025. Its best rank was #536 in 2012.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #536 in 2012; #620 in 2025. About 89% of babies named Boston in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#620 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2012, at #536.
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Boston: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 451 boys in 2025. Peak: #536 in 2012 · most boys in one year: 497 (2014).
In 2025, 451 US boys were named Boston, making it the 620th most common boys’ name of the year, up 7 places from #627 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 451 boys named Boston in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #536, reached in 2012. The most boys given the name in a single year was 497, in 2014. For comparison, it was #605 in 2015 and #3,060 in 1950.
In 2025, 54 US girls were named Boston, making it the 3,037th most common girls’ name of the year, up 486 places from #3,523 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 44 girls named Boston in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,690, reached in 2014. That year also had the most girls given the name: 65. For comparison, it was #3,856 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Boston in 103 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 11,944 US babies have been given the name, 8.7% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,934 babies named Boston.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,379 US boys were named Boston; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 464. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,787 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Boston ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #117 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Bostyn (1,038 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bosten, Bostynn and Bostin are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bosten (103), Bostynn (74), Bostin (37).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Boston in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 45 | #117 | #74 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #226 | #219 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #230 | — |
| West Virginia | 7 | #259 | — |
| Idaho | 10 | #260 | #241 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #298 | #293 |
| Kansas | 12 | #299 | #281 |
| Iowa | 12 | #313 | #275 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #378 | #357 |
| Indiana | 18 | #396 | #670 |
| Louisiana | 12 | #402 | #711 |
| Arizona | 18 | #412 | #674 |
| Missouri | 15 | #421 | #566 |
| Michigan | 20 | #425 | #536 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #427 | #151 |
| Tennessee | 17 | #455 | #747 |
| Ohio | 22 | #473 | #467 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #558 | #595 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #560 | #553 |
| Oregon | 5 | #623 | #459 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #692 | — |
| Washington | 9 | #695 | #543 |
| Texas | 40 | #702 | #709 |
| Illinois | 12 | #717 | #785 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #722 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #770 | #644 |
| California | 31 | #799 | #796 |
| Maryland | 5 | #821 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #859 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,114 | — |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,115 | #1,108 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,269 | #1,287 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,037 | 451 | #620 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,523 | 451 | #627 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,716 | 433 | #636 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,609 | 454 | #616 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,120 | 464 | #601 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,555 | 463 | #594 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,049 | 451 | #607 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,687 | 407 | #640 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,707 | 389 | #659 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,242 | 416 | #638 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,856 | 451 | #605 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,690 | 497 | #555 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,324 | 465 | #566 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,275 | 487 | #536 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,373 | 456 | #557 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,409 | 462 | #546 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,384 | 492 | #537 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,875 | 461 | #563 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,227 | 388 | #627 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,373 | 374 | #631 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,500 | 302 | #687 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,235 | 188 | #909 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,352 | 130 | #1,155 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,435 | 116 | #1,201 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,468 | 75 | #1,593 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,969 | 83 | #1,479 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,790 | 73 | #1,531 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,668 | 73 | #1,502 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,831 | 60 | #1,658 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,802 | 55 | #1,708 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,863 | 57 | #1,604 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,965 | 43 | #1,928 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,135 | 34 | #2,260 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,544 | 46 | #1,805 |
| 1991 | — | — | 25 | #2,690 |
| 1990 | — | — | 29 | #2,376 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,702 |
| 1988 | — | — | 18 | #2,978 |
| 1987 | — | — | 16 | #3,088 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,501 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,205 |
| 1984 | — | — | 8 | #4,601 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,716 |
| 1981 | — | — | 12 | #3,437 |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #4,991 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #5,895 |
| 1977 | — | — | 6 | #5,201 |
| 1970 | — | — | 6 | #4,283 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #4,468 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,644 |
| 1963 | — | — | 5 | #4,101 |
| 1962 | — | — | 6 | #3,674 |
| 1956 | — | — | 7 | #3,246 |
| 1955 | — | — | 5 | #3,937 |
| 1954 | — | — | 8 | #2,972 |
| 1951 | — | — | 6 | #3,394 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,060 |
| 1948 | — | — | 7 | #3,031 |
| 1947 | — | — | 7 | #3,115 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,716 |
| 1945 | — | — | 10 | #2,263 |
| 1944 | — | — | 6 | #3,141 |
| 1943 | — | — | 11 | #2,293 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,397 |
| 1941 | — | — | 8 | #2,681 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,501 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,540 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,200 |
| 1937 | — | — | 9 | #2,507 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #2,890 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,739 |
| 1934 | — | — | 10 | #2,410 |
| 1933 | — | — | 10 | #2,386 |
| 1932 | — | — | 6 | #3,410 |
| 1931 | — | — | 6 | #3,428 |
| 1929 | — | — | 9 | #2,789 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1927 | — | — | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1926 | — | — | 21 | #1,668 |
| 1925 | — | — | 11 | #2,612 |
| 1924 | — | — | 13 | #2,365 |
| 1922 | — | — | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1921 | — | — | 21 | #1,709 |
| 1920 | — | — | 13 | #2,352 |
| 1919 | — | — | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1918 | — | — | 9 | #2,908 |
| 1917 | — | — | 12 | #2,299 |
| 1916 | — | — | 13 | #2,167 |
| 1915 | — | — | 13 | #2,081 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,555 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,111 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,309 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,210 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,478 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,008 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,255 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,164 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #965 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,055 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #774 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #982 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #988 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #928 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).