Boaz
#2,224 most common boys' name of all time · #5,348 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1928–2025
Rank among boys
#2,224
Rank overall
#5,348 of 105,966
First appeared
1928
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
3,476
Since 2016
2,025
Peak year
2025 #892
Best rank
#892 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 268/yr
Boaz first appears in 1928. 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 | — | 268 | 268 | #892 |
| 2024 | — | 221 | 221 | #1,011 |
| 2023 | — | 239 | 239 | #946 |
| 2022 | — | 220 | 220 | #1,013 |
| 2021 | — | 217 | 217 | #1,013 |
| 2020 | — | 177 | 177 | #1,114 |
| 2019 | — | 191 | 191 | #1,068 |
| 2018 | — | 179 | 179 | #1,096 |
| 2017 | — | 150 | 150 | #1,224 |
| 2016 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,172 |
| 2015 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,309 |
| 2014 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,427 |
| 2013 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,662 |
| 2011 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,787 |
| 2010 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,821 |
| 2009 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,829 |
| 2008 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,383 |
| 2007 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2006 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,210 |
| 2005 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,221 |
| 2004 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,326 |
| 2003 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,864 |
| 2002 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,573 |
| 2001 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,435 |
| 2000 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,944 |
| 1999 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,215 |
| 1998 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,424 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,740 |
| 1996 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,046 |
| 1995 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,114 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,197 |
| 1993 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,175 |
| 1992 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,035 |
| 1991 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,526 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,107 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,355 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,650 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,123 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,731 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,854 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,177 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,647 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,819 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,162 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,957 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,679 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,383 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,189 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,766 |
| 1974 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,870 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,789 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,471 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,813 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,230 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,679 |