Boys' name · since 1974
Bomani
178 babies named Bomani in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,668 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 178
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bomani is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 178 have been recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Bomani recorded 178 times among boys since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2024.
- #13,668 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 178 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bomani ranks #13,668 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 178 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,668 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 178
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bomani's 178 recorded births place it above 69.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bomani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bomani's full recorded timeline at 2006, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bomani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2024
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Bomani by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (54 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Bomani's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Bomani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 54 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Bomani's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1974–2024 (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 Bomani 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.