Boe
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- #3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
- Given to boys 98.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,079since 1971
Boe over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Boe has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,314 | 35 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,524 | 32 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,228 | 37 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #3,180 | 37 |
| 2020 | — | #3,811 | 27 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,426 | 33 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #3,171 | 36 |
| 2017 | — | #3,312 | 34 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,993 | 39 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,919 | 40 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,038 | 37 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #3,189 | 34 |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,164 | 35 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,486 | 31 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,464 | 19 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Boe! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Boe is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Boe in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Boe
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 497 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #3,314)
- 395 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #3,314)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1982 at #1,999 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 46,232
- Highest: 1 in 46,232 boys born in 2023 were named Boe (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,999 in 1982, was only 1 in 67,202 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 31.2% of all boys named Boe (337) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99 | #2,458 (1977) | #3,414 |
| 1980s | 166 | #1,999 (1982) | #3,164 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,407 (1990) | #5,447 |
| 2000s | 170 | #3,486 (2008) | #5,104 |
| 2010s | 337 | #2,919 (2015) | #3,336 |
| 2020s | 203 | #3,180 (2021) | #3,400 |
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.
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