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Names: B

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4,237 names starting with "B"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with B

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 4,237 distinct names beginning with the letter B, out of roughly 104,000 total names tracked since 1880. On this page (sorted by name), the leading entry is Bodie with 90 cumulative births and a current national rank of #6592. Within the 50 names on this page, 41 are classified as boys' names and 9 as girls' names in SSA records — reflecting the overall letter-level split for {letter}. Every name shown has appeared five or more times in at least one year of SSA data — rarer spellings fall below the disclosure threshold and are not included.

Of the 50 names displayed, 20 currently rank within SSA's annual top 1,000 for their gender — making them actively popular rather than historical-only entries. Combined, these 50 names represent 6,379 births across all years of the SSA archive. Letter-level patterns reveal broader naming conventions: some letters (J, M, S) dominate both boys' and girls' name distributions, while others (U, Y, Q, X, Z) are comparatively rare starting letters in English naming traditions. The distribution of names starting with B reflects both the English-language convention inherited from the Anglo-American majority and the steady contribution of international names (Spanish, Arabic, Asian, African origins) added to the U.S. naming pool over the past century.

All figures on this page derive from publicly released SSA baby-name files, which record the first name on every Social Security card application for U.S. births. Names are tracked by exact spelling, so homophones and near-variants (Sarah and Sara, Aiden and Ayden) count as separate entries; combining them would substantially change the ordering. Peak-year and rank data are drawn from the same SSA files and reflect name-year records with five or more occurrences. This listing is paginated in groups of 50 — across all letter-B names, there are 85 total pages at this sort order. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Showing 2,001–2,050 of 4,237

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Bodie Girl 90
Bodin Boy 314
Bodyn Boy 63
Boe Boy 1,043
Boe Girl 22
Boede Boy 18
Boedy Boy 67
Boen Boy 116
Boey Girl 8
Bogar Boy 34
Bogart Boy 33
Bogdan Boy 744
Bogdana Girl 11
Bohan Boy 83
Bohannon Boy 148
Bohdan Boy 894
Bohde Boy 24
Bohdee Boy 5
Bohden Boy 164
Bohdi Boy 658
Bohdi Girl 12
Bohdie Boy 34
Bohdy Boy 7
Bohen Boy 69
Bohen Girl 7
Bohumil Boy 56
Boice Boy 16
Boiken Boy 5
Boise Boy 38
Boisey Boy 5
Boisy Boy 11
Bojan Boy 25
Bol Boy 29
Bolaji Boy 6
Bolanle Girl 5
Bolden Boy 61
Boleslaus Boy 255
Boleslaw Boy 277
Bolin Boy 25
Bolish Boy 10
Bolivar Boy 248
Bolivia Girl 5
Bolling Boy 5
Bolt Boy 6
Bolton Boy 233
Boluwatife Boy 114
Boluwatife Girl 78
Boman Boy 15
Bomani Boy 178
Bomer Boy 5

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a year are excluded for privacy.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.