Boys' name · since 2016
Bolin
25 babies named Bolin in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
25 boys have been named Bolin since 2016, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bolin has 25 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2016 to 2024.
- #27,158 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bolin ranks #27,158 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bolin's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bolin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bolin's full recorded timeline at 2019, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bolin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Bolin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (19 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Bolin's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Bolin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bolin's data
- Bolin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bolin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2016–2024 (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 Bolin 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.