How Many People Are Named Boaz?
people named Boaz are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 99,674 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,476 babies named Boaz in Social Security records from 1928 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
268 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "swiftness" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the man who marries Ruth.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Boaz in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Boaz alive today is about 11 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Boaz first appears in the records in 1928, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 268 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1928 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Boaz has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #891, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #891.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #891 |
| Best rank | #891 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #994 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Boaz alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Boaz were born in California than in any other state: about 316 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Boaz was given 2.9 times as often in Oregon, 2.8 times in Washington and 1.6 times in Colorado.
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