Bossie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bossie

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Bossie between 1913 and 1944, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bossie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bossie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bossie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bossie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bossie 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 50 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.