Boys' name · since 1954
Borys
Borys has 23 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,727 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1954
- 1950s
- peak decade
23 boys have been named Borys since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Borys has 23 recorded births among boys since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1961.
- #27,727 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 23 born since 1954
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Borys ranks #27,727 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1954, peaking in the 1950s.
- #27,727 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1954
- 1950s
- peak decade
Borys's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Borys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Borys splits its recorded history at 1958: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Borys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1961
- Peak year (1958)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Borys by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
1950s was Borys's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Borys births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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What to do with Borys's data
- Borys's decade-level peak was the 1950s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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 Borys: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1954–1961 (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 Borys 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.