Bolivar — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bolivar

The Social Security Administration has registered 248 babies named Bolivar between 1920 and 2023, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bolivar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bolivar performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Bolivar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bolivar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bolivar 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 248 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.