Boys' name · since 1881
Boss
451 babies named Boss in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,382 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,728 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 451
- born since 1881
- 2010s
- peak decade
Boss currently ranks #9728 among boys' names in America, with 451 babies recorded since 1881.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Boss has been recorded 451 times among boys since 1881, currently ranked #9728 nationally and more common than 30% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #8,382 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,728 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 451 born since 1881
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Boss ranks #8,382 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,728 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 451 born since 1881, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,382 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,728 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 451
- born since 1881
- 2010s
- peak decade
Boss's 451 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Boss compares
451 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Boss's all-time total is 22% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Boss | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 451 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Boss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Boss's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1895, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Boss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Boss by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (123 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Boss's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Boss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 40
1880s
40 births
- 1890s
1890s
72 births
- 1900s 22
1900s
22 births
- 1910s
1910s
50 births
- 1920s 40
1920s
40 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 123 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Boss's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (123 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Boss: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1881–2025 (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 Boss 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.