Boys' name · since 1987
Boden
4,805 babies named Boden in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,826 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #771 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,805
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Boden currently ranks #771 among boys' names in America, with 4,805 babies recorded since 1987.
Boden has 4,805 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #771 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #1,826 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #771 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,805 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Boden ranks #1,826 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #771 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,805 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,826 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #771 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,805
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Boden's 4,805 recorded births place it above 95.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Boden compares
4,805 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Boden's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Boden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,805 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 344 | 34 | 22,252 |
Boden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Boden splits its recorded history at 2009: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 344 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Boden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 344
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Boden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,921 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Boden's strongest decade.
1,921 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Boden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 72
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
974 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,921 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,831 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,921 births (40% of all-time use).
How Boden compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Boden's total volume
Boden by state
Where Boden concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 442 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 320 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Washington | | 218 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 192 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 184 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 154 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 149 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Utah | | 145 | 3.0% |
442 of 4,805 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Boden appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Boden's data
- Boden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,921 total births) through the 2020s (1,831) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Bodens (442 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Boden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Boden draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.