Boss
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Boss is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “master, person in charge”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Boss mean?
English: English word, from Dutch baas
“master, person in charge”
The English word boss was borrowed in colonial America from Dutch baas, 'master'.
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Is Boss a girl's or a boy's name?
Boss is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boss in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Boss, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Boss than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Boss in the US since 1880 were born between 1900 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boss in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 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 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
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