Boston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAW-stun
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #620 for boys
Boston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 620th for boys in the US (451 babies).
What does Boston mean?
English: from Boston in Lincolnshire and its US namesake
The Lincolnshire town's name is linked to the 7th-century Saint Botolph; Boston, Massachusetts was named after it.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Boston a girl's or a boy's name?
Boston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 54 girls and 451 boys in the US.
How popular is Boston in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Boston, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Boston than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Boston in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Boston in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Boston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #620among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 451about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 451 boys in the US were named Boston, making it the 620th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 594th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 497 boys. 54 girls were also named Boston in 2025 (3,028th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Boston in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 465 boys in the US were given Boston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #620 for this spelling alone.
- Boston 451
- Bostyn 14
Boston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 451 | #620 |
| 2024 | 451 | #627 |
| 2023 | 433 | #636 |
| 2022 | 454 | #616 |
| 2021 | 464 | #599 |
| 2020 | 463 | #594 |
| 2019 | 451 | #607 |
| 2018 | 407 | #640 |
| 2017 | 389 | #659 |
| 2016 | 416 | #638 |
| 2015 | 451 | #605 |
| 2014 | 497 | #555 |
| 2013 | 465 | #566 |
| 2012 | 487 | #536 |
| 2011 | 456 | #557 |
| 2010 | 462 | #546 |
| 2009 | 492 | #537 |
| 2008 | 461 | #563 |
| 2007 | 388 | #627 |
| 2006 | 374 | #631 |
| 2005 | 302 | #687 |
| 2004 | 188 | #908 |
| 2003 | 130 | #1,154 |
| 2002 | 116 | #1,198 |
| 2001 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,475 |
| 1999 | 73 | #1,528 |
| 1998 | 73 | #1,499 |
| 1997 | 60 | #1,654 |
| 1996 | 55 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | 57 | #1,598 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 46 | #1,799 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Boston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Boston
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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, “Boston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/boston, updated 20 October 2026.