Boys' name · since 1996
Borna
Borna has 130 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,689 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
130 babies have been named Borna since 1996, making it today's #7429 boys' name.
Borna has 130 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7429 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #15,689 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,429 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 130 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Borna ranks #15,689 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,429 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 130 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,689 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Borna's 130 recorded births place it above 65.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Borna compares
130 30th 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
Borna's all-time total is 65% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Borna | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Borna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Borna splits its recorded history at 2017: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Borna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Borna by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (48 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Borna's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Borna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 48 births (37% of all-time use).
Borna by state
Where Borna concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19 | 14.6% |
19 of 130 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Bornas (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Borna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Borna 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.