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Boaz

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Boaz is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 219 births. Its best rank was 952nd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
2190.01% of boys
Peak year
2023237 births
Best rank
#952in 2023
Since 1928
3,204people given the name
Babies named Boaz, by year of birthboys
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,204 boys have been named Boaz in the United States since 1928, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 237 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

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

Decadeboys named Boaz
1920s5
1960s11
1970s57
1980s89
1990s180
2000s477
2010s1,315
2020s1,070

In 2023, its biggest year

Boaz was the 952nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Boaz

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.