Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Boaz

#2,224 most common boys' name of all time · #5,348 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · 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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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