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.

Boris

#1,837 most common boys' name of all time · #4,430 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among boys
#1,837
Rank overall
#4,430 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
4,621
Since 2016
428
Peak year
1970 #892
Best rank
#877 1962
Girls Boys peak 82/yr
192019401960198020002020

Boris first appears in 1911. 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 37 37 #3,188
2024 35 35 #3,344
2023 32 32 #3,577
2022 34 34 #3,422
2021 42 42 #2,926
2020 50 50 #2,550
2019 48 48 #2,662
2018 52 52 #2,479
2017 51 51 #2,503
2016 47 47 #2,635
2015 49 49 #2,535
2014 54 54 #2,371
2013 64 64 #2,098
2012 47 47 #2,599
2011 48 48 #2,556
2010 47 47 #2,584
2009 46 46 #2,668
2008 73 73 #1,955
2007 49 49 #2,537
2006 65 65 #2,043
2005 61 61 #2,042
2004 65 65 #1,886
2003 52 52 #2,132
2002 59 59 #1,895
2001 55 55 #1,961
2000 56 56 #1,877
1999 52 52 #1,881
1998 62 62 #1,668
1997 53 53 #1,793
1996 50 50 #1,824
1995 72 72 #1,394
1994 65 65 #1,472
1993 59 59 #1,545
1992 65 65 #1,422
1991 71 71 #1,340
1990 54 54 #1,551
1989 47 47 #1,667
1988 36 36 #1,856
1987 54 54 #1,371
1986 36 36 #1,735
1985 40 40 #1,600
1984 38 38 #1,594
1983 45 45 #1,413
1982 36 36 #1,664
1981 38 38 #1,590
1980 31 31 #1,822
1979 34 34 #1,690
1978 35 35 #1,603
1977 30 30 #1,753
1976 43 43 #1,361
1975 40 40 #1,393
1974 54 54 #1,119
1973 51 51 #1,155
1972 54 54 #1,114
1971 58 58 #1,076
1970 82 82 #892
1969 66 66 #949
1968 59 59 #954
1967 56 56 #976
1966 61 61 #933
1965 54 54 #1,009
1964 63 63 #964
1963 62 62 #960
1962 76 76 #877
1961 63 63 #978
1960 37 37 #1,309
1959 46 46 #1,152
1958 43 43 #1,181
1957 34 34 #1,359
1956 38 38 #1,249
1955 32 32 #1,361
1954 20 20 #1,742
1953 20 20 #1,748
1952 26 26 #1,508
1951 19 19 #1,757
1950 9 9 #2,675
1949 14 14 #2,081
1948 9 9 #2,683
1947 16 16 #1,967
1946 12 12 #2,211
1945 9 9 #2,484
1944 7 7 #2,969
1943 9 9 #2,659
1942 10 10 #2,464
1941 14 14 #1,962
1940 11 11 #2,267
1939 15 15 #1,854
1938 12 12 #2,151
1937 21 21 #1,520
1936 15 15 #1,854
1935 21 21 #1,534
1934 28 28 #1,289
1933 23 23 #1,448
1932 34 34 #1,172
1931 35 35 #1,167
1930 33 33 #1,257
1929 35 35 #1,193
1928 29 29 #1,378
1927 34 34 #1,264
1926 33 33 #1,275
1925 41 41 #1,106
1924 37 37 #1,202
1923 50 50 #991
1922 40 40 #1,137
1921 45 45 #1,056
1920 29 29 #1,379
1919 24 24 #1,518
1918 44 44 #1,030
1917 36 36 #1,131
1916 35 35 #1,119
1915 27 27 #1,303
1914 19 19 #1,436
1913 10 10 #1,925
1912 13 13 #1,411
1911 5 5 #1,935