Boris

#3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births

Peak · boys
#871
1962 · 76 births
Debut · boys
1911
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,621
since 1911

Boris over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Boris has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #871, 1962boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,18137
2024#3,33535
2023#3,56632
2022#3,41234
2021#2,91842
2020#2,54650
2019#2,65648
2018#2,47252
2017#2,49351
2016#2,62647
2015#2,52849
2014#2,37054
2013#2,09064
2012#2,59447
2011#2,54748
2010#2,57947
2009#2,66346
2008#1,94873
2007#2,53349
2006#2,03765
2005#2,03561
2004#1,88065
2003#2,12852
2002#1,88859
2001#1,96055
2000#1,87556
1999#1,87952
1998#1,66662
1997#1,79053
1996#1,81750
1995#1,39372
1994#1,47165
1993#1,53959
1992#1,41765
1991#1,33671
1990#1,54754
1989#1,65847
1988#1,84936
1987#1,36754
1986#1,72536
1985#1,59440
1984#1,58138
1983#1,39945
1982#1,65436
1981#1,57738
1980#1,80831
1979#1,67034
1978#1,59635
1977#1,74330
1976#1,34643
1975#1,37840
1974#1,11554
1973#1,14751
1972#1,10754
1971#1,07058
1970#89182
1969#94466
1968#94659
1967#96856
1966#93261
1965#1,00054
1964#95863
1963#95662
1962#87176
1961#96763
1960#1,29537
1959#1,14146
1958#1,17243
1957#1,34534
1956#1,23238
1955#1,33932
1954#1,70620
1953#1,70920
1952#1,48526
1951#1,72519
1950#2,5809
1949#2,02214
1948#2,6089
1947#1,91616
1946#2,14312
1945#2,3939
1944#2,8627
1943#2,5639
1942#2,38610
1941#1,90314
1940#2,17911
1939#1,79515
1938#2,08412
1937#1,48121
1936#1,80115
1935#1,49421
1934#1,26628
1933#1,40523
1932#1,15734
1931#1,14535
1930#1,23533
1929#1,17335
1928#1,35329
1927#1,24834
1926#1,26433
1925#1,09141
1924#1,18737
1923#97650
1922#1,12040
1921#1,04545
1920#1,34829
1919#1,48124
1918#1,01244
1917#1,11336
1916#1,09635
1915#1,26527
1914#1,38819
1913#1,80310
1912#1,35313
1911#1,7405
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Boris! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Boris
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 154 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,181)
  • 635 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #3,181)
  • 653 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #3,181)
  • Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1961 (#1,295 → #967)
  • Biggest drop: 211 spots in 1924 (#976 → #1,187)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1962 at #871 (76 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1961–1970
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,922
  • Highest: 1 in 21,922 boys born in 1923 were named Boris (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #871 in 1962, was only 1 in 27,221 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Boris (603) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s213#1,012 (1918)#1,361
1920s373#976 (1923)#1,181
1930s237#1,145 (1931)#1,486
1940s111#1,903 (1941)#2,298
1950s287#1,141 (1959)#1,543
1960s597#871 (1962)#984
1970s481#891 (1970)#1,306
1980s401#1,367 (1987)#1,621
1990s603#1,336 (1991)#1,586
2000s581#1,875 (2000)#2,095
2010s507#2,090 (2013)#2,496
2020s230#2,546 (2020)#3,160

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Boris in 1928

boys
#1,353
29 births · 1 in 38,194 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,353Boris29
More about 1928

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 38,194 of them was named Boris, which outranked 71.4% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Boris
  1. #1,323Sid30
  2. #1,323Washington30
  3. #1,323Wheeler30
  4. #1,353Boris29
  5. #1,353Adrien29
  6. #1,353Alcide29
  7. #1,353Alvah29
  8. #1,382Alferd28
  9. #1,382Arlan28
  10. #1,382Authur28

Tied with 28 names at #1,353; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928 →