Boris
Boy · BOR-is · Slavic
Boris is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Boris mean?
Slavic: Bulgarian, perhaps from a Turkic name
Boris I of Bulgaria brought Christianity to his country in the 9th century.
- Say it
- BOR-is
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Is Boris a girl's or a boy's name?
Boris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Boris, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 793rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 48 boys.
Half of all the boys named Boris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were given Boris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Boris 19
- Borys 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Boris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 44 | #818 |
| 2020 | 44 | #793 |
| 2019 | 42 | #815 |
| 2018 | 48 | #767 |
| 2017 | 35 | #961 |
| 2016 | 40 | #863 |
| 2015 | 34 | #964 |
| 2014 | 44 | #791 |
| 2013 | 41 | #831 |
| 2012 | 34 | #957 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 34 | #927 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Boris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Boris, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Boris in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,492 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,089 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,948 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 56 | #1,871 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 62 | #1,663 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,787 |
| 1996 | 50 | #1,813 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,388 |
| 1994 | 65 | #1,466 |
| 1993 | 59 | #1,534 |
| 1992 | 65 | #1,412 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,330 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,653 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 54 | #1,365 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,593 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 36 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,115 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,147 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,107 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1970 | 82 | #891 |
| 1969 | 66 | #944 |
| 1968 | 59 | #946 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1966 | 61 | #932 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,000 |
| 1964 | 63 | #958 |
| 1963 | 62 | #955 |
| 1962 | 76 | #870 |
| 1961 | 63 | #966 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,173 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1923 | 50 | #976 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,120 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,045 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,012 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,113 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,388 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
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