Boston
Rank in 2025
#3028
recorded as girls
#620
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
505
girls 54 · boys 451
Peak year
2020
463 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
11,944
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Boston was most popular in 2020, when 463 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.27 per 1,000). In 2025, 451 babies were named Boston, ranking #620 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | 3028 | 451 | 620 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3516 | 451 | 627 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3709 | 433 | 636 |
| 2022 | 43 | 3595 | 454 | 616 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3112 | 464 | 599 |
| 2020 | 42 | 3546 | 463 | 594 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3043 | 451 | 607 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3677 | 407 | 640 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3697 | 389 | 659 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3229 | 416 | 638 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3842 | 451 | 605 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2683 | 497 | 555 |
| 2013 | 48 | 3314 | 465 | 566 |
| 2012 | 50 | 3267 | 487 | 536 |
| 2011 | 33 | 4353 | 456 | 557 |
| 2010 | 33 | 4397 | 462 | 546 |
| 2009 | 34 | 4370 | 492 | 537 |
| 2008 | 41 | 3859 | 461 | 563 |
| 2007 | 36 | 4213 | 388 | 627 |
| 2006 | 33 | 4358 | 374 | 631 |
| 2005 | 30 | 4487 | 302 | 687 |
| 2004 | 24 | 5208 | 188 | 909 |
| 2003 | 18 | 6299 | 130 | 1155 |
| 2002 | 17 | 6392 | 116 | 1200 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | 75 | 1591 |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | 83 | 1479 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7716 | 73 | 1531 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12426 | 73 | 1502 |
| 1997 | 11 | 7742 | 60 | 1657 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | 55 | 1705 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8766 | 57 | 1603 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11778 | 43 | 1927 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8052 | 34 | 2257 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 46 | 1804 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 25 | 2683 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 29 | 2373 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 23 | 2690 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 18 | 2961 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 16 | 3072 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 9 | 4457 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 11 | 3692 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 12 | 3412 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1970 | <5 | — | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 6 | 3640 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 7 | 3216 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 8 | 2942 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 7 | 3010 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 7 | 3096 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 8 | 2690 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 11 | 2277 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 10 | 2386 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 11 | 2185 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 9 | 2479 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 8 | 2719 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 10 | 2393 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 10 | 2368 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 6 | 3390 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 9 | 2766 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 10 | 2659 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 21 | 1661 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 13 | 2347 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 16 | 2040 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 21 | 1703 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 9 | 2877 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 9 | 2882 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 12 | 2280 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 13 | 2152 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 13 | 2070 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 16 | 1545 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 8 | 2092 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 8 | 1193 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 5 | 1440 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 8 | 999 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 5 | 1233 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 5 | 1137 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 6 | 943 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 5 | 1035 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 7 | 766 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 5 | 959 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 5 | 971 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 5 | 909 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 9% · boys 91% across all years