Boston*
#1,062 most common boys' name of all time · #2,526 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,062
Rank overall
#2,526 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
11,944
Since 2016
4,840
Peak year
2014 #555
Best rank
#537 2009
Girls
Boys
peak 562/yr
Boston is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | 451 | 505 | #620 |
| 2024 | 44 | 451 | 495 | #627 |
| 2023 | 41 | 433 | 474 | #637 |
| 2022 | 43 | 454 | 497 | #617 |
| 2021 | 52 | 464 | 516 | #600 |
| 2020 | 42 | 463 | 505 | #594 |
| 2019 | 53 | 451 | 504 | #607 |
| 2018 | 41 | 407 | 448 | #640 |
| 2017 | 41 | 389 | 430 | #659 |
| 2016 | 50 | 416 | 466 | #639 |
| 2015 | 39 | 451 | 490 | #605 |
| 2014 | 65 | 497 | 562 | #555 |
| 2013 | 48 | 465 | 513 | #566 |
| 2012 | 50 | 487 | 537 | #537 |
| 2011 | 33 | 456 | 489 | #557 |
| 2010 | 33 | 462 | 495 | #547 |
| 2009 | 34 | 492 | 526 | #537 |
| 2008 | 41 | 461 | 502 | #563 |
| 2007 | 36 | 388 | 424 | #627 |
| 2006 | 33 | 374 | 407 | #631 |
| 2005 | 30 | 302 | 332 | #687 |
| 2004 | 24 | 188 | 212 | #910 |
| 2003 | 18 | 130 | 148 | #1,155 |
| 2002 | 17 | 116 | 133 | #1,200 |
| 2001 | 10 | 75 | 85 | #1,592 |
| 2000 | 7 | 83 | 90 | #1,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | 73 | 85 | #1,531 |
| 1998 | 6 | 73 | 79 | #1,504 |
| 1997 | 11 | 60 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 1996 | 5 | 55 | 60 | #1,706 |
| 1995 | 9 | 57 | 66 | #1,605 |
| 1994 | 6 | 43 | 49 | #1,935 |
| 1993 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #2,262 |
| 1992 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #1,806 |
| 1991 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,685 |
| 1990 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,381 |
| 1989 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,701 |
| 1988 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,969 |
| 1987 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,085 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,481 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,178 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,576 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,712 |
| 1981 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,426 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,811 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,260 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,635 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,085 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,656 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,248 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,925 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,965 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,048 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,038 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,116 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,705 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,265 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,141 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,293 |
| 1942 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,410 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,695 |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,506 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,525 |
| 1938 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,204 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,504 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,884 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,746 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,411 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,390 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,392 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,410 |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,793 |
| 1928 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,674 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,242 |
| 1926 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,607 |
| 1924 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,362 |
| 1922 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1921 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,714 |
| 1920 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,354 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1918 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1917 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,295 |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,166 |
| 1915 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,084 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,556 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,115 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,300 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,236 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,497 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,034 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,277 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,188 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #990 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,083 |
| 1891 | — | 7 | 7 | #808 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,013 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,013 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #939 |