Bohdan
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Bohdan is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Bohdan mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name and surname Богдан (Bohdan).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bohdan a girl's or a boy's name?
Bohdan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bohdan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 533% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Bohdan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Bohdan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
How popular is Bohdan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Bohdan, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had more boys named Bohdan than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Bohdan in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bohdan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,777 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,244 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Bohdan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Rowan Bodhi Finn Brody Lochlan Arjan Ayaan Orhan Kayden Callan Ayan
Names related to Bohdan
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bohdan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bohdan, updated 20 October 2026.