Boris
#3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 76 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,621since 1911
Boris over time
Rank among boys' names. Boris has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,181 | 37 |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #3,566 | 32 |
| 2022 | #3,412 | 34 |
| 2021 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #2,546 | 50 |
| 2019 | #2,656 | 48 |
| 2018 | #2,472 | 52 |
| 2017 | #2,493 | 51 |
| 2016 | #2,626 | 47 |
| 2015 | #2,528 | 49 |
| 2014 | #2,370 | 54 |
| 2013 | #2,090 | 64 |
| 2012 | #2,594 | 47 |
| 2011 | #2,547 | 48 |
| 2010 | #2,579 | 47 |
| 2009 | #2,663 | 46 |
| 2008 | #1,948 | 73 |
| 2007 | #2,533 | 49 |
| 2006 | #2,037 | 65 |
| 2005 | #2,035 | 61 |
| 2004 | #1,880 | 65 |
| 2003 | #2,128 | 52 |
| 2002 | #1,888 | 59 |
| 2001 | #1,960 | 55 |
| 2000 | #1,875 | 56 |
| 1999 | #1,879 | 52 |
| 1998 | #1,666 | 62 |
| 1997 | #1,790 | 53 |
| 1996 | #1,817 | 50 |
| 1995 | #1,393 | 72 |
| 1994 | #1,471 | 65 |
| 1993 | #1,539 | 59 |
| 1992 | #1,417 | 65 |
| 1991 | #1,336 | 71 |
| 1990 | #1,547 | 54 |
| 1989 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #1,849 | 36 |
| 1987 | #1,367 | 54 |
| 1986 | #1,725 | 36 |
| 1985 | #1,594 | 40 |
| 1984 | #1,581 | 38 |
| 1983 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,654 | 36 |
| 1981 | #1,577 | 38 |
| 1980 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #1,596 | 35 |
| 1977 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,115 | 54 |
| 1973 | #1,147 | 51 |
| 1972 | #1,107 | 54 |
| 1971 | #1,070 | 58 |
| 1970 | #891 | 82 |
| 1969 | #944 | 66 |
| 1968 | #946 | 59 |
| 1967 | #968 | 56 |
| 1966 | #932 | 61 |
| 1965 | #1,000 | 54 |
| 1964 | #958 | 63 |
| 1963 | #956 | 62 |
| 1962 | #871 | 76 |
| 1961 | #967 | 63 |
| 1960 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,141 | 46 |
| 1958 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,157 | 34 |
| 1931 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,173 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1927 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #1,264 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,091 | 41 |
| 1924 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #1,120 | 40 |
| 1921 | #1,045 | 45 |
| 1920 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
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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.
Where Boris is popular in 1995
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#867 · 1 in 11,122
- Georgia#869 · 1 in 9,685
- California#876 · 1 in 13,688
- Texas#1,160 · 1 in 19,138
Best ever in a state: #307 in Connecticut, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #867 | 11 | 1 in 11,122 |
| Georgia | #869 | 5 | 1 in 9,685 |
| California | #876 | 19 | 1 in 13,688 |
| Texas | #1,160 | 8 | 1 in 19,138 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Boris
- 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)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1962 at #871 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1961–1970
- 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
- 13.0% of all boys named Boris (603) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 213 | #1,012 (1918) | #1,361 |
| 1920s | 373 | #976 (1923) | #1,181 |
| 1930s | 237 | #1,145 (1931) | #1,486 |
| 1940s | 111 | #1,903 (1941) | #2,298 |
| 1950s | 287 | #1,141 (1959) | #1,543 |
| 1960s | 597 | #871 (1962) | #984 |
| 1970s | 481 | #891 (1970) | #1,306 |
| 1980s | 401 | #1,367 (1987) | #1,621 |
| 1990s | 603 | #1,336 (1991) | #1,586 |
| 2000s | 581 | #1,875 (2000) | #2,095 |
| 2010s | 507 | #2,090 (2013) | #2,496 |
| 2020s | 230 | #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 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 26,440 of them was named Boris, which outranked 86.5% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,380Rayquan73
- #1,380Shimon73
- #1,380Xzavier73
- #1,393Boris72
- #1,393Derian72
- #1,393Dijon72
- #1,393Dontrell72
- #1,405Christofer71
- #1,405Devlin71
- #1,405Emory71
Tied with 11 names at #1,393; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.