Boy

#5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births

Peak · boys
#1,130
1903 · 5 births
Debut · boys
1900
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
923
since 1900

Boy over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #1,130, 1903boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,20818
2024#3,98627
2023#4,11226
2022#4,08926
2021#3,58231
2020#4,02025
2019#2,89742
2018#2,94340
2017#3,44032
2016#4,77620
2015#3,88227
2014#3,69328
2013#4,62120
2012#4,53321
2011#4,98318
2010#5,47816
2009#6,80212
2008#3,42132
2007#6,26213
2006#4,00124
2005#5,27815
2004#5,49214
2003#5,27114
2002#4,91915
2001#2,48939
2000#5,04014
1999#2,46236
1998#4,87313
1997#4,66813
1996#3,20222
1995#3,30320
1994#2,95124
1993#2,29533
1992#2,53228
1991#3,46217
1990#4,67311
1989#4,81110
1988#4,7869
1987#3,95911
1986#5,3327
1985#3,80511
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Boy! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1900–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Boy is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedHITexas: #589 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 5,669 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Boy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#589 · 1 in 5,669

Best ever in a state: #135 in North Dakota, 2021.

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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 Boy
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,222 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #5,208)
  • 1,188 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #5,208)
  • 1,326 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1903 at #1,130 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 1 yr 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 23,846
  • Highest: 1 in 23,846 boys born in 1903 were named Boy (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.6% of all boys named Boy (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s15#1,130 (1903)#1,271
1910s10#3,825 (1915)#3,861
1920s7#3,467 (1923)#3,467
1930s5#3,776 (1932)#3,776
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1950s5#3,798 (1953)#3,798
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1970s7#4,554 (1978)#4,554
1980s48#3,805 (1985)#4,539
1990s217#2,295 (1993)#3,442
2000s192#2,489 (2001)#4,898
2010s264#2,897 (2019)#4,125
2020s153#3,582 (2021)#4,166

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.

Boy in 1993

boys
#2,295
33 births · 1 in 59,434 boys

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #2,295Boy33
More about 1993

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 59,434 of them was named Boy, which outranked 77.4% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Boy
  1. #2,257Tyren34
  2. #2,257Vernell34
  3. #2,257Vikram34
  4. #2,295Boy33
  5. #2,295Aj33
  6. #2,295Andrei33
  7. #2,295Aris33
  8. #2,347Abran32
  9. #2,347Adel32
  10. #2,347Aden32

Tied with 51 names at #2,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1993 →