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Boston

Boy's name · #620 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

91% boys · 9% girls — Boston is also given to girls: 54 in 2025, about 1 in 11 in recent years. Boston →

Popularity over time

Boston reached its best rank, #536, in 2012 and ranked #620 in 2025. Roughly 11,000 boys have been named Boston since 1880.

Across the states

In recent years, Boston ran 4–8× its national rate in Utah and Idaho.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Boston ranks in other countries and regions.

#143 in New Zealand (2025) · #895 in Canada (2024).

Famous Bostons

• Boston Corbett — Union Army sergeant
• Boston Custer — Brother of George Armstrong Custer
• Boston Scott — American football running back
• Boston Simbeye — Malawian boxer (born 1959)
• Boston Charley — Modoc warrior

In stories & tradition

• Boston Blackie — Fictional character created by author Jack Boyle

What Bostons become

Among 23 notable people named Boston:

Sports figures appear 2.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Boston Simbeye, Malawian boxer (born 1959).

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