Bo

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Bo is ranked 451st among boys in 2024 (692 births). Its best rank was 451st, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #451up 28 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6920.04% of boys
Peak year: 2024692 births
Best rank: #451in 2024
Since 1907: 15,116people given the name

Babies named Bo, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

14,282 boys have been named Bo in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 692 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 834 girls have also been given it, 5.5% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Bo
1900s	5
1910s	23
1920s	42
1930s	24
1940s	51
1950s	140
1960s	258
1970s	566
1980s	1,868
1990s	2,135
2000s	2,221
2010s	3,865
2020s	3,084

In 2024, its biggest year

Bo was the 451st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Bo

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.