Boaz
#891 for boys in 2025, 268 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 268 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,476since 1928
Boaz over time
Rank among boys' names. Boaz 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #891 | 268 |
| 2024 | #1,011 | 221 |
| 2023 | #946 | 239 |
| 2022 | #1,012 | 220 |
| 2021 | #1,006 | 217 |
| 2020 | #1,111 | 177 |
| 2019 | #1,066 | 191 |
| 2018 | #1,094 | 179 |
| 2017 | #1,219 | 150 |
| 2016 | #1,169 | 163 |
| 2015 | #1,307 | 135 |
| 2014 | #1,427 | 117 |
| 2013 | #1,345 | 126 |
| 2012 | #1,657 | 93 |
| 2011 | #1,780 | 81 |
| 2010 | #1,816 | 80 |
| 2009 | #1,825 | 81 |
| 2008 | #2,374 | 54 |
| 2007 | #2,372 | 54 |
| 2006 | #2,205 | 58 |
| 2005 | #2,206 | 54 |
| 2004 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
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| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
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| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
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| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
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| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Boaz! It came in at #4,151, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Boaz is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#463 · 1 in 2,123
- Kansas#551 · 1 in 3,009
- Minnesota#699 · 1 in 4,512
- Arizona#868 · 1 in 6,925
- New York#878 · 1 in 6,968
Best ever in a state: #229 in Montana, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #463 | 7 | 1 in 2,123 |
| Kansas | #551 | 5 | 1 in 3,009 |
| Minnesota | #699 | 6 | 1 in 4,512 |
| Arizona | #868 | 5 | 1 in 6,925 |
| New York | #878 | 14 | 1 in 6,968 |
| Washington | #958 | 5 | 1 in 7,111 |
| Ohio | #980 | 7 | 1 in 8,337 |
| California | #1,270 | 15 | 1 in 14,381 |
| Illinois | #1,322 | 5 | 1 in 12,386 |
| Texas | #1,429 | 11 | 1 in 16,015 |
| Florida | #1,701 | 5 | 1 in 19,335 |
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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 Boaz
- 120 spots since 2024 (#1,011 → #891)
- 220 spots since 2020 (#1,111 → #891)
- 416 spots since 2015 (#1,307 → #891)
- Biggest jump: 120 spots in 2025 (#1,011 → #891)
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2024 (#946 → #1,011)
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 2025 at #891 (268 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 2023–2025
- Highest: 1 in 6,373 boys born in 2025 were named Boaz (0.02%)
- 38.6% of all boys named Boaz (1,342) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 5 | #4,151 (1928) | #4,151 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,559 (1967) | #3,745 |
| 1970s | 57 | #2,799 (1974) | #4,117 |
| 1980s | 89 | #3,653 (1986) | #4,598 |
| 1990s | 180 | #2,999 (1992) | #3,802 |
| 2000s | 477 | #1,825 (2009) | #2,503 |
| 2010s | 1,315 | #1,066 (2019) | #1,388 |
| 2020s | 1,342 | #891 (2025) | #996 |
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.
Boaz in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 12,340 of them was named Boaz, which outranked 91.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,213Deegan151
- #1,213Elmer151
- #1,213Kolt151
- #1,219Boaz150
- #1,219Aditya150
- #1,219Braeden150
- #1,219Bronx150
- #1,232Advik149
- #1,232Mariano149
- #1,232Teagan149
Tied with 12 names at #1,219; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.