Boss — #8968 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Boss

The Social Security Administration has registered 444 babies named Boss between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Boss currently holds the #8968 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Boss performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Boss shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Boss 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 444 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.