Borna — #7007 US boys' name
119 babies named Borna in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Borna was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Borna in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Borna
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Borna between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Borna currently holds the #7007 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Borna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Borna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Borna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Borna 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 119 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.
Borna at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Borna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2017)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #7007 among boys.
119 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 21 births in a single year.
Borna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 42 births that decade — 35% of Borna's all-time total
Borna decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Borna's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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 | 16.0% |
19 of 119 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 16.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.