How Many People Are Named Boss?
An estimated 216 people in the United States have the first name Boss. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 14 years old, and Boss peaked in popularity in 2018 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Boss as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Boss paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
216
About 1 in 1,586,826 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
14
years old
Peak Year
2018
16 births
Total Registered
444
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Boss
Boss is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 444 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Boss as a male name
Ranked #9,072 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (16 births)
Boss: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Boss span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 123 babies were registered. While Boss is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Boss by Decade
How has Boss tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Boss + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Boss as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Boss
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Boss: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Boss?
We estimate approximately 216 people named Boss are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,586,826 Americans share this first name.
Is Boss a common name?
Boss is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 444 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Boss most popular?
Boss reached peak popularity in 2018, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Boss is approximately 14 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Boss a male name?
Boss is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Boss Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Boss Smith, Boss Johnson, Boss Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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