Bo
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · #449 for boys in 2025, 698 births
Given to boys 94.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 698 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,984since 1907
Bo 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 | #4,546 | 30 | #449 | 698 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #452 | 692 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #478 | 633 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #497 | 614 |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | #480 | 622 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #540 | 525 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #566 | 493 |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | #572 | 483 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #610 | 432 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #595 | 453 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #618 | 434 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #633 | 414 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #733 | 318 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #782 | 290 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #764 | 293 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #834 | 256 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #784 | 289 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | #834 | 262 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | #767 | 286 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | #775 | 268 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #764 | 259 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #862 | 204 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #909 | 183 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #988 | 159 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #958 | 160 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #977 | 152 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #826 | 185 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #833 | 176 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #900 | 153 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #769 | 191 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #813 | 173 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #757 | 193 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #677 | 229 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #621 | 276 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #605 | 282 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #602 | 277 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #680 | 215 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #713 | 172 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #671 | 186 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #684 | 174 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #715 | 153 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #599 | 201 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #735 | 138 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | #683 | 160 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | #550 | 237 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #568 | 232 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #864 | 101 |
| 1978 | — | #1,011 | 73 | |
| 1977 | — | #975 | 77 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,100 | 59 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,181 | 51 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,244 | 45 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,163 | 50 |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,415 | 36 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,375 | 32 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,546 | 26 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,496 | 29 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
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| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
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| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bo! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bo is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Illinois#849 · 1 in 15,650
- Texas#1,087 · 1 in 21,414
Best ever in a state: #125 in North Dakota, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #849 | 5 | 1 in 15,650 |
| Texas | #1,087 | 5 | 1 in 21,414 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Bo
- 3 spots since 2024 (#452 → #449)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#540 → #449)
- 169 spots since 2015 (#618 → #449)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1980 (#864 → #568)
- Biggest drop: 151 spots in 2000 (#826 → #977)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 2025 at #449 (698 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1979–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,447 boys born in 2025 were named Bo (0.04%)
- 25.8% of all boys named Bo (3,866) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1929, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 23 | #2,543 (1916) | #3,216 |
| 1920s | 42 | #2,912 (1927) | #3,579 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,022 (1930) | #3,394 |
| 1940s | 51 | #2,022 (1949) | #2,736 |
| 1950s | 140 | #1,620 (1959) | #2,202 |
| 1960s | 258 | #1,375 (1963) | #1,568 |
| 1970s | 566 | #864 (1979) | #1,186 |
| 1980s | 1,868 | #550 (1981) | #660 |
| 1990s | 2,135 | #602 (1990) | #740 |
| 2000s | 2,222 | #764 (2005) | #862 |
| 2010s | 3,866 | #566 (2019) | #671 |
| 2020s | 3,784 | #449 (2025) | #483 |
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.
Bo in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 30,615 of them was named Bo, which outranked 81.4% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,170Stoney52
- #1,170Trevis52
- #1,170Westley52
- #1,181Bo51
- #1,181Adalberto51
- #1,181Alonso51
- #1,181Derwin51
- #1,191Alain50
- #1,191Amit50
- #1,191Benedict50
Tied with 9 names at #1,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.