Boban — boys' name
17 babies named Boban in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Boban was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Boban in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Boban
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Boban between 1975 and 1982, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Boban currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Boban performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Boban shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Boban in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Boban in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Boban at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Boban popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1975
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
17 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 6 births in a single year.
Boban by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 11 births that decade — 65% of Boban's all-time total
Boban decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Boban's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Boban by state
Where Boban concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 29.4% |
5 of 17 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 29.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 29.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.