NameTides

Boris

Boris was the #3,181 boys' name in the US in 2025 (37 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales.

Boris as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Boris as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Boris as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, 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 & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#3,181 (37)#1,406 (19)———
2024#3,335 (35)#1,595 (16)——#1,909 (10)
2023#3,566 (32)#1,042 (28)——#2,921 (5)
2022#3,412 (34)#1,029 (28)——#2,052 (8)
2021#2,918 (42)#815 (39)#374 (4)—#1,761 (10)
2020#2,546 (50)#745 (43)———
2019#2,656 (48)#798 (39)#418 (3)—#2,440 (6)
2018#2,472 (52)#721 (47)——#1,836 (9)
2017#2,493 (51)#906 (34)——#2,198 (7)
2016#2,626 (47)#818 (39)—#601 (4)#1,988 (8)
2015#2,528 (49)#927 (32)——#1,122 (18)
2014#2,370 (54)#744 (43)—#609 (4)#1,465 (12)
2013#2,090 (64)#804 (38)#398 (3)#711 (3)#1,470 (12)
2012#2,594 (47)#901 (33)——#1,466 (12)
2011#2,547 (48)#1,024 (26)——#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1923 at #976.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1911.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 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 45,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Boris is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 50,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 63,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Boris by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Boris (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BorisCanadaBoys—too few
BorisEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
BorisIrelandBoys—too few
BorisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BorisUSBoys#3,18137