Boys' name · since 1920
Bolivar
Bolivar has 248 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,706 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 248
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
248 boys have been named Bolivar since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bolivar has 248 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2023.
- #11,706 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 248 born since 1920
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bolivar ranks #11,706 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 248 born since 1920, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,706 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 248
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Bolivar's 248 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Bolivar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bolivar splits its recorded history at 1981: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bolivar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2023
- Peak year (1988)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Bolivar by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (58 births, 23% of the file).
1980s was Bolivar's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Bolivar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 58 births (23% of all-time use).
Bolivar by state
Where Bolivar concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 41 | 16.5% |
41 of 248 births nationwide.
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What to do with Bolivar's data
- Bolivar's decade-level peak was the 1980s (58 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.
- New York records the most Bolivars (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bolivar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1920–2023 (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 Bolivar 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.