NameTides

Bosco

Bosco was the #3,181 boys' name in the US in 2025 (37 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Bosco as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bosco as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Bosco as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#3,181 (37)#3,256 (6)——
2024#3,693 (30)#3,689 (5)—#3,072 (5)
2023#4,456 (23)#4,108 (4)—#2,921 (5)
2022#3,617 (31)#3,049 (6)——
2021#4,247 (24)#3,017 (6)——
2020#4,426 (22)——#2,746 (5)
2019#4,230 (24)#3,411 (5)—#2,756 (5)
2018#5,540 (16)——#1,572 (11)
2017#4,935 (19)——#1,422 (13)
2016#4,199 (24)#4,023 (4)—#2,718 (5)
2015#4,080 (25)——#2,387 (6)
2014#4,138 (24)#2,964 (6)—#1,465 (12)
2013#5,171 (17)#3,822 (4)—#1,470 (12)
2012#4,003 (25)#3,416 (5)—#1,655 (10)
2011#5,945 (14)#4,647 (3)—#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #3,181.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.

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 45,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bosco is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 47,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 33,000 to 1 in 68,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bosco 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: #1,998CAUtah: 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: #2,080TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Bosco (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
BoscoCanadaBoys—too few
BoscoEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
BoscoIrelandBoys—too few
BoscoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BoscoUSBoys#3,18137