Bose — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bose

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Bose between 1883 and 1940, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bose currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bose performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bose shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bose 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 20 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.