Boden

Boden was the #769 boys' name in the US in 2025 (333 babies), and #873 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Boden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Boden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Boden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#769 (333)#873 (36)——#799 (33)
2024#819 (305)#857 (37)#727 (3)—#767 (34)
2023#757 (344)#843 (38)#614 (4)—#630 (42)
2022#857 (282)#878 (35)—#657 (4)#544 (50)
2021#827 (288)#790 (41)—#755 (3)#485 (60)
2020#822 (279)#878 (33)——#659 (39)
2019#930 (234)#1,369 (18)——#840 (28)
2018#954 (217)#1,061 (26)——#1,021 (21)
2017#1,076 (183)#1,703 (14)——#810 (30)
2016#1,096 (179)#2,335 (9)——#1,234 (16)
2015#983 (210)#2,319 (9)——#1,071 (19)
2014#990 (210)#2,459 (8)——#1,381 (13)
2013#1,174 (153)#3,822 (4)——#1,380 (13)
2012#1,151 (159)#3,416 (5)——#1,781 (9)
2011#1,017 (189)#3,830 (4)——#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #757.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 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 5,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Boden is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Boden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #309WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #231MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #626CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Boden (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#79414

Boden (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
BodenCanadaBoys#79933
BodenEngland & WalesBoys#87336
BodenIrelandBoys—too few
BodenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BodenScotlandBoys—too few
BodenUSBoys#769333