Bostyn
Unisex · BAW-stin · English
Unisex
Bostyn is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Bostyn mean?
English: variant spelling of the place name Boston
Boston in Lincolnshire is linked to St Botolph and gave its name to Boston, Massachusetts.
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Is Bostyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bostyn has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Bostyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Bostyn, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003. 14 boys were also named Bostyn in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Bostyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Bostyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
- Boston 54
- Bostyn 41
In 2025, 75% of the babies named Bostyn in the US were girls.
Bostyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Names like Bostyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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