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.

Boss

#7,735 most common boys' name of all time · #19,448 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#7,735
Rank overall
#19,448 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
451
Since 2016
119
Peak year
2018 #5,547
Best rank
#591 1894
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Boss first appears in 1881. 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 — 7 7 #9,732
2024 — 8 8 #9,012
2023 — 10 10 #7,755
2022 — 12 12 #6,840
2021 — 13 13 #6,342
2020 — 15 15 #5,703
2019 — 14 14 #6,116
2018 — 16 16 #5,547
2017 — 10 10 #7,564
2016 — 14 14 #6,061
2015 — 9 9 #8,066
2014 — 12 12 #6,647
2013 — 12 12 #6,619
2012 — 14 14 #6,008
2011 — 14 14 #5,957
2010 — 8 8 #8,829
2009 — 10 10 #7,713
2008 — 8 8 #9,036
2007 — 5 5 #12,406
2006 — 5 5 #12,093
1949 — 5 5 #3,730
1932 — 6 6 #3,400
1929 — 5 5 #4,007
1924 — 12 12 #2,496
1922 — 5 5 #4,353
1921 — 11 11 #2,656
1920 — 7 7 #3,517
1919 — 7 7 #3,424
1918 — 8 8 #3,126
1917 — 7 7 #3,240
1916 — 5 5 #3,945
1915 — 7 7 #3,109
1913 — 5 5 #2,860
1912 — 6 6 #2,305
1910 — 5 5 #1,635
1907 — 7 7 #1,133
1903 — 9 9 #822
1900 — 6 6 #1,220
1898 — 7 7 #945
1897 — 6 6 #1,007
1896 — 5 5 #1,174
1895 — 5 5 #1,151
1894 — 13 13 #591
1893 — 10 10 #696
1892 — 9 9 #779
1891 — 9 9 #688
1890 — 8 8 #801
1889 — 6 6 #925
1888 — 6 6 #979
1887 — 8 8 #732
1884 — 6 6 #924
1883 — 7 7 #780
1881 — 7 7 #766