Boaz
Boy · BOH-az · Hebrew
Boaz is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 820th for boys in the UK (44 babies) and 891st for boys in the US (268 babies).
What does Boaz mean?
Hebrew
In the Book of Ruth, Boaz marries Ruth and becomes the great-grandfather of King David.
- Say it
- BOH-az
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Is Boaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Boaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the UK and 268 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #820among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 6,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the UK were named Boaz, making it the 820th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th.
2025 had the most boys named Boaz of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Boaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales.
Boaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #820 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,166 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Boaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #891among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 268about 1 in 6,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 268 boys in the US were named Boaz, making it the 891st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,111th. It first appears in the records in 1928.
2025 had the most boys named Boaz of any year since it first appeared, in 1928.
Half of all the boys named Boaz in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 268 | #891 |
| 2024 | 221 | #1,011 |
| 2023 | 239 | #946 |
| 2022 | 220 | #1,012 |
| 2021 | 217 | #1,006 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,111 |
| 2019 | 191 | #1,066 |
| 2018 | 179 | #1,094 |
| 2017 | 150 | #1,219 |
| 2016 | 163 | #1,169 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 117 | #1,427 |
| 2013 | 126 | #1,345 |
| 2012 | 93 | #1,656 |
| 2011 | 81 | #1,779 |
| 2010 | 80 | #1,815 |
| 2009 | 81 | #1,824 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,373 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,204 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
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