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.

Boe

#4,522 most common boys' name of all time · #11,127 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#4,522
Rank overall
#11,127 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,101
Since 2016
360
Peak year
2021 #3,204
Best rank
#2,051 1982
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
198020002020

Boe first appears in 1971. 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 — 35 35 #3,335
2024 — 32 32 #3,561
2023 — 37 37 #3,249
2022 5 35 40 #3,374
2021 5 37 42 #3,204
2020 — 27 27 #3,844
2019 — 33 33 #3,457
2018 5 36 41 #3,196
2017 — 34 34 #3,344
2016 — 39 39 #3,021
2015 — 40 40 #2,943
2014 — 37 37 #3,062
2013 7 34 41 #3,226
2012 — 23 23 #4,304
2011 — 35 35 #3,202
2010 — 26 26 #3,936
2009 — 16 16 #5,631
2008 — 31 31 #3,519
2007 — 20 20 #4,697
2006 — 22 22 #4,293
2005 — 19 19 #4,531
2004 — 15 15 #5,338
2003 — 14 14 #5,382
2002 — 13 13 #5,525
2001 — 10 10 #6,627
2000 — 10 10 #6,497
1999 — 8 8 #7,383
1998 — 15 15 #4,510
1997 — 11 11 #5,440
1996 — 11 11 #5,346
1995 — 10 10 #5,682
1994 — 11 11 #5,264
1993 — 10 10 #5,566
1992 — 8 8 #6,370
1991 — 8 8 #6,182
1990 — 12 12 #4,561
1989 — 15 15 #3,744
1988 — 7 7 #6,094
1987 — 17 17 #3,030
1986 — 15 15 #3,226
1985 — 11 11 #3,982
1984 — 22 22 #2,352
1983 — 16 16 #2,885
1982 — 27 27 #2,051
1981 — 14 14 #3,184
1980 — 22 22 #2,358
1979 — 13 13 #3,325
1978 — 9 9 #4,086
1977 — 18 18 #2,549
1976 — 12 12 #3,240
1975 — 10 10 #3,630
1974 — 15 15 #2,664
1973 — 10 10 #3,431
1972 — 5 5 #5,563
1971 — 7 7 #4,340