Bodean — boys' name
15 babies named Bodean in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Bodean was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Bodean in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bodean
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Bodean between 1981 and 2017, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bodean currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bodean performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bodean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bodean 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 15 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.
Bodean at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bodean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
15 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 5 births in a single year.
Bodean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Bodean's all-time total
Bodean decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Bodean's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1981–2017 (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.