Bo*
#925 most common boys' name of all time · #2,132 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1907–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#925
Rank overall
#2,132 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
15,849
Since 2016
5,916
Peak year
2025 #449
Best rank
#449 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 728/yr
Bo first appears in 1907. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 698 | 728 | #449 |
| 2024 | 17 | 692 | 709 | #452 |
| 2023 | 22 | 633 | 655 | #478 |
| 2022 | 29 | 614 | 643 | #497 |
| 2021 | 42 | 622 | 664 | #480 |
| 2020 | 20 | 525 | 545 | #540 |
| 2019 | 31 | 493 | 524 | #566 |
| 2018 | 32 | 483 | 515 | #572 |
| 2017 | 21 | 432 | 453 | #611 |
| 2016 | 27 | 453 | 480 | #595 |
| 2015 | 17 | 434 | 451 | #619 |
| 2014 | 14 | 414 | 428 | #633 |
| 2013 | 26 | 318 | 344 | #735 |
| 2012 | 19 | 290 | 309 | #782 |
| 2011 | 18 | 293 | 311 | #764 |
| 2010 | 18 | 256 | 274 | #834 |
| 2009 | 16 | 289 | 305 | #786 |
| 2008 | 21 | 262 | 283 | #834 |
| 2007 | 21 | 286 | 307 | #769 |
| 2006 | 29 | 268 | 297 | #775 |
| 2005 | 20 | 259 | 279 | #765 |
| 2004 | 11 | 204 | 215 | #862 |
| 2003 | 20 | 183 | 203 | #911 |
| 2002 | 14 | 159 | 173 | #989 |
| 2001 | 9 | 160 | 169 | #962 |
| 2000 | 5 | 152 | 157 | #977 |
| 1999 | 9 | 185 | 194 | #826 |
| 1998 | 9 | 176 | 185 | #835 |
| 1997 | 5 | 153 | 158 | #901 |
| 1996 | 9 | 191 | 200 | #769 |
| 1995 | 10 | 173 | 183 | #814 |
| 1994 | 16 | 193 | 209 | #758 |
| 1993 | 15 | 229 | 244 | #677 |
| 1992 | 15 | 276 | 291 | #623 |
| 1991 | 13 | 282 | 295 | #606 |
| 1990 | 16 | 277 | 293 | #604 |
| 1989 | 16 | 215 | 231 | #681 |
| 1988 | 15 | 172 | 187 | #716 |
| 1987 | 16 | 186 | 202 | #671 |
| 1986 | 13 | 174 | 187 | #685 |
| 1985 | 17 | 153 | 170 | #716 |
| 1984 | 18 | 201 | 219 | #601 |
| 1983 | 15 | 138 | 153 | #736 |
| 1982 | 17 | 160 | 177 | #684 |
| 1981 | 26 | 237 | 263 | #551 |
| 1980 | 31 | 232 | 263 | #568 |
| 1979 | 5 | 101 | 106 | #868 |
| 1978 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,017 |
| 1977 | — | 77 | 77 | #975 |
| 1976 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,105 |
| 1975 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,183 |
| 1974 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,257 |
| 1973 | 5 | 50 | 55 | #1,171 |
| 1972 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,170 |
| 1971 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,428 |
| 1970 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,768 |
| 1969 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,509 |
| 1968 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,593 |
| 1967 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,680 |
| 1966 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1965 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,887 |
| 1964 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,678 |
| 1963 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,388 |
| 1962 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1961 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,509 |
| 1960 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,566 |
| 1959 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,428 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,420 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,637 |
| 1954 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1953 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,076 |
| 1952 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,203 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,572 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,662 |
| 1949 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,073 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,515 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,956 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,723 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,587 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,692 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,765 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,477 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,115 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,993 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,015 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,374 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,428 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,963 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,285 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,829 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,457 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,630 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,514 |