NameTides

Boston

Boston was the #620 boys' name in the US in 2025 (451 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #729 in Canada.

Boston as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Boston as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Boston as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#620 (451)#3,256 (6)———#729 (37)
2024#627 (451)#2,444 (9)———#871 (29)
2023#636 (433)#2,814 (7)#728 (3)——#693 (37)
2022#616 (454)#2,019 (11)#703 (3)—#779 (3)#670 (39)
2021#599 (464)#1,448 (17)———#695 (39)
2020#594 (463)#3,334 (5)———#847 (28)
2019#607 (451)#1,869 (12)——#646 (4)#645 (40)
2018#640 (407)#1,610 (15)———#732 (34)
2017#659 (389)#2,172 (10)———#706 (35)
2016#638 (416)#2,335 (9)———#697 (37)
2015#605 (451)#2,150 (10)———#748 (33)
2014#555 (497)#1,935 (11)—#398 (3)—#630 (42)
2013#566 (465)#3,822 (4)———#748 (32)
2012#536 (487)#2,721 (7)———#640 (38)
2011#557 (456)#2,892 (6)———#773 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #594.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Boston were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 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 3,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Boston is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Boston by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #420MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #395INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #797CAUtah: #115UTColorado: #756CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #700TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Boston (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#1,03310

Boston (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
BostonCanadaGirls#3,0446
BostonCanadaBoys#72937
BostonEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
BostonIrelandBoys—too few
BostonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BostonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BostonScotlandBoys—too few
BostonUSGirls#3,02854
BostonUSBoys#620451