Bosco
Boy · BOS-koh · Italian
Bosco is a boys' name of Italian origin, meaning “wood, forest”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Bosco mean?
Italian: Italian surname, from bosco 'wood'
“wood, forest”
Saint John Bosco, the 19th-century Italian priest who founded the Salesians, inspired its use as a first name.
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- BOS-koh
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Is Bosco a girl's or a boy's name?
Bosco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bosco in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Bosco, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bosco in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Bosco in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
How popular is Bosco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Bosco, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had the most boys named Bosco of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Bosco in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bosco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
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