Bohdan

Peak · boys
1952 · 35 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
925
since 1917

Bohdan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bohdan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,245, 1952boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,65830
2024#4,43323
2023#7,28911
2022#4,57022
2021#5,56216
2020#4,54021
2019#4,95119
2018#4,22624
2017#3,44032
2016#3,77628
2015#5,99914
2014#5,99714
2013#5,65915
2012#4,68620
2011#6,25613
2010#4,09924
2009#6,43613
2008#4,54021
2007#5,21017
2006#4,52020
2005#4,46419
2004#6,13812
2003#6,71510
2002#7,6438
2001#6,9359
2000#7,4168
1999#9,9125
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1996#7,1367
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1992#7,4226
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1986#6,7215
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1983#5,4846
1982#6,3855
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1980#5,5256
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1977#5,1236
1976#3,26411
1975#3,9418
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1972#4,4416
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1970#3,5218
1969#2,68211
1968#2,44512
1967#3,2317
1966#2,7849
1965#2,36612
1964#3,2827
1963#2,8589
1962#2,67310
1961#1,77821
1960#1,85819
1959#1,97417
1958#2,26513
1957#1,88718
1956#2,36112
1955#1,68221
1954#1,43528
1953#1,59223
1952#1,24535
1951#1,37329
1950#1,57222
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1925#2,9369
1924#4,3475
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1922#4,3075
1921#3,5177
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1919#3,7366
1918#3,7286
1917#3,9815
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Bohdan! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Bohdan is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Bohdan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Bohdan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 882 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #3,658)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1952 at #1,245 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 4 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 55,532
  • Highest: 1 in 55,532 boys born in 1952 were named Bohdan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 23.6% of all boys named Bohdan (218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#3,728 (1918)#3,815
1920s31#2,936 (1925)#3,813
1930s0——
1940s0——
1950s218#1,245 (1952)#1,739
1960s117#1,778 (1961)#2,596
1970s39#3,264 (1976)#4,058
1980s22#5,484 (1983)#6,029
1990s18#7,136 (1996)#8,157
2000s137#4,464 (2005)#6,002
2010s203#3,440 (2017)#4,909
2020s123#3,658 (2025)#5,009

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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