NameTides

Boaz

Boaz was the #891 boys' name in the US in 2025 (268 babies), and #763 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Boaz as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Boaz as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Boaz as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#891 (268)#763 (44)—#943 (27)
2024#1,011 (221)#1,162 (24)—#714 (37)
2023#946 (239)#1,139 (25)—#652 (40)
2022#1,012 (220)#1,179 (23)—#1,142 (19)
2021#1,006 (217)#1,078 (26)—#805 (31)
2020#1,111 (177)#1,230 (21)—#802 (30)
2019#1,066 (191)#1,253 (20)—#1,256 (16)
2018#1,094 (179)#1,610 (15)#704 (3)#885 (26)
2017#1,219 (150)#1,289 (20)—#789 (31)
2016#1,169 (163)#1,431 (18)—#1,198 (17)
2015#1,307 (135)#1,511 (16)—#1,319 (14)
2014#1,427 (117)#1,486 (16)—#1,381 (13)
2013#1,345 (126)#1,796 (12)—#1,380 (13)
2012#1,657 (93)#1,756 (13)—#1,334 (14)
2011#1,780 (81)#1,522 (15)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #891.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1928.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Boaz is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 7,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Boaz by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #679MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #378ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Boaz (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Boaz (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BoazCanadaBoys#94327
BoazEngland & WalesBoys#76344
BoazNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BoazScotlandBoys—too few
BoazUSBoys#891268