Boston

Meaning: Traditionally Botolph's town
Origin: English place name — From the city of Boston

Boy's name · #620 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

91% boys · 9% girls — Boston is also given to girls: 54 in 2025, about 1 in 11 in recent years. Boston →

Popularity over time

Boston reached its best rank, #536, in 2012 and ranked #620 in 2025. Roughly 11,000 boys have been named Boston since 1880.

Across the states

In recent years, Boston ran 4–8× its national rate in Utah and Idaho.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Boston ranks in other countries and regions.

#143 in New Zealand (2025) · #729 in Canada (2025) · #3,256 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,662 in France (2025) · #728 in Scotland (2023) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #779 in Ireland (2022) · #3,993 in Ecuador (2022) · #398 in N. Ireland (2014).

Famous Bostons

Boston Corbett — American soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth (1832–1888)
Boston Scott — American football player (born 1995)
Boston Custer — Soldier and brother of George Armstrong Custer (1848–1876)
Boston King — American clergy and writer (1760–1802)
Boston Teran — American writer (born 1953)

In stories & tradition

Boston Blackie — Fictional character created by author Jack Boyle

What Bostons become

Among 23 notable people named Boston:

Sports figures appear 2.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Boston Simbeye, Malawian boxer who competed at the 1988 Olympics (born 1959).

Similar names: Jamari · Boden · Kyree · Layton · Daxton · Kolton

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