Boys' name · since 2002
Bosten
Bosten has 103 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,192 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bosten is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 103 have been recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bosten has been recorded 103 times among boys since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2002 to 2020.
- #17,192 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bosten ranks #17,192 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,192 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bosten's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bosten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bosten splits its recorded history at 2011: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bosten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2020
- Peak year (2008)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Bosten by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Bosten's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Bosten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Bosten's decade-level peak was the 2010s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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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Similar record span (~18 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, 2002–2020 (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 Bosten 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.