How Many People Are Named Boston?
people named Boston are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,876 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,944 babies named Boston in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
562 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Boston, 9.1% were girls and 91% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 9.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Boston alive today is about 12 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Boston first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2014, to 562 babies. In 2025, 505 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Boston has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #536, in 2012. In 2025 it ranked #620.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #620 |
| Best rank | #536 (2012) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #593 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Boston alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Boston were born in Utah than in any other state: about 1,675 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Boston was given 14.7 times as often in Utah, 5.7 times in Idaho and 5 times in Oklahoma.
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