Boys' name · since 1912
Boniface
176 babies named Boniface in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,724 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,281 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Boniface currently ranks #8281 among boys' names in America, with 176 babies recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Boniface recorded 176 times among boys since 1912, holding rank #8281 nationally today, ahead of 41% of boys, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #13,724 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,281 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 176 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Boniface ranks #13,724 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,281 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 176 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,724 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,281 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Boniface's 176 recorded births place it above 69.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Boniface compares
176 36th percentile among 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
Boniface's all-time total is 52% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Boniface | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 176 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Boniface's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Boniface's full recorded timeline at 1926, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Boniface popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1924)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Boniface by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (71 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Boniface's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Boniface births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
47 births
- 1920s
1920s
71 births
- 1930s
1930s
30 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 71 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Boniface's data
- Boniface's decade-level peak was the 1920s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 23 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Boniface: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Boniface 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.