How Many People Are Named Boris?
people named Boris are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 98,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,621 babies named Boris in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
82 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf" or "snow leopard". It was borne by the 9th-century king Boris I of Bulgaria who converted his country to Christianity, as well as two later Bulgarian emperors. The name was popularized in the Slavic world due to the 11th-century Saint Boris, who was a Russian prince martyred with his brother Gleb. His mother may have been Bulgarian. Another famous bearer was the 16th-century Russian emperor Boris Godunov, later the subject of a play of that name by Aleksandr Pushkin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Boris in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Boris alive today is about 36 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Boris first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1970, to 82 babies. In 2025, 37 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Boris has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #873, in 1962. In 2025 it ranked #3,188.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,188 |
| Best rank | #873 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,589 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Boris alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Boris were born in California than in any other state: about 539 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Boris was given 4.7 times as often in New York, 2.9 times in California and 2.4 times in Florida.
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