Boston
#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births · #620 for boys in 2025, 451 births
Given to boys 91.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 487 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,901since 1880
Boston over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,028 | 54 | #620 | 451 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | #627 | 451 |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | #636 | 433 |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 | #616 | 454 |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | #599 | 464 |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #594 | 463 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | #607 | 451 |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | #640 | 407 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 | #659 | 389 |
| 2016 | #3,229 | 50 | #638 | 416 |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | #605 | 451 |
| 2014 | #2,683 | 65 | #555 | 497 |
| 2013 | #3,314 | 48 | #566 | 465 |
| 2012 | #3,267 | 50 | #536 | 487 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #557 | 456 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | #546 | 462 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #537 | 492 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | #563 | 461 |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 | #627 | 388 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | #631 | 374 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | #687 | 302 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | #909 | 188 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #1,155 | 130 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #1,200 | 116 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #1,591 | 75 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,479 | 83 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,502 | 73 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #1,657 | 60 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #1,603 | 57 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,804 | 46 |
| 1991 | — | #2,683 | 25 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,703 | 21 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,336 | 13 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Boston was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Boston
- 7 spots since 2024 (#627 → #620)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#594 → #620)
- 15 spots since 2015 (#605 → #620)
- Biggest jump: 246 spots in 2004 (#1,155 → #909)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1902 (#943 → #1,137)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2012 at #536 (487 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 2004–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,728 boys born in 2020 were named Boston (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,787 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #536 in 2012, was only 1 in 3,895 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 41.1% of all boys named Boston (4,481) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #909 (1880) | #946 |
| 1890s | 12 | #766 (1891) | #901 |
| 1900s | 29 | #943 (1901) | #1,150 |
| 1910s | 94 | #1,193 (1910) | #2,151 |
| 1920s | 119 | #1,661 (1926) | #2,479 |
| 1930s | 72 | #2,185 (1938) | #2,803 |
| 1940s | 76 | #2,242 (1945) | #2,660 |
| 1950s | 33 | #2,942 (1954) | #3,286 |
| 1960s | 22 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,923 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,230 (1970) | #5,042 |
| 1980s | 111 | #2,690 (1989) | #3,880 |
| 1990s | 495 | #1,502 (1998) | #1,904 |
| 2000s | 2,609 | #537 (2009) | #938 |
| 2010s | 4,481 | #536 (2012) | #591 |
| 2020s | 2,716 | #594 (2020) | #615 |
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.
Boston in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 105,699 of them was named Boston, which outranked 64.7% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,129Zakira18
- #6,129Zola18
- #6,129Zuleima18
- #6,392Boston17
- #6,392Aaleyah17
- #6,392Abcde17
- #6,392Abegail17
- #6,698Aalliyah16
- #6,698Abbegail16
- #6,698Abi16
Tied with 305 names at #6,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 16,737 of them was named Boston, which outranked 90.4% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).