Bogdan
Boy · BOG-dan · Slavic
Bogdan is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “given by God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Bogdan mean?
Slavic
“given by God”
A Slavic name equivalent in meaning to the Greek Theodore.
- Say it
- BOG-dan
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Is Bogdan a girl's or a boy's name?
Bogdan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bogdan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Bogdan, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 866th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 39 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Bogdan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Bogdan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Bogdan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 39 | #883 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2020 | 38 | #866 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Bogdan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Bogdan, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Bogdan in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bogdan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
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