How Many People Are Named Boy?
An estimated 848 people in the United States have the first name Boy. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Boy peaked in popularity in 2019 with 42 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Boy 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 Boy paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
848
About 1 in 404,191 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
2019
42 births
Total Registered
898
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Boy
Boy is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 898 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Boy as a male name
Ranked #4,436 in 2024
23 male births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (42 births)
Boy: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Boy span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 263 babies were registered. While Boy is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Boy by Decade
How has Boy 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.
Boy by State
Birth registrations for Boy span all 10 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, North Dakota, Ohio. The lowest are in Maryland, Colorado, Pennsylvania. On average, about 31 Boys were registered per state.
Boy + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Boy as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Boy
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Boy: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Boy?
We estimate approximately 848 people named Boy 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 404,191 Americans share this first name.
Is Boy a common name?
Boy is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 89% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 898 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Boy most popular?
Boy reached peak popularity in 2019, when 42 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Boy is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Boy a male name?
Boy is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Boy Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Boy Smith, Boy Johnson, Boy 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 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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