Boston
An English place name, originally the Lincolnshire town recorded as Botolph's stone, after a Saxon saint. The Massachusetts city took the name from there.
Boston in 2025
Boston was given to 505 babies in the United States in 2025 — 451 boys and 54 girls, making it the 1,159th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 6,565 babies born.
The history of Boston
Boston reached its highest point in 2014, when 562 babies were given the name, ranking 1,053rd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 1,044th, in 2012.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 11,944 babies have been named Boston. Half of them were born before 2013, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Alpha.
Boston by decade
| Decade | Babies named Boston | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | 1,681 |
| 1890s | 12 | 1,773 |
| 1900s | 29 | 2,293 |
| 1910s | 94 | 2,770 |
| 1920s | 119 | 3,330 |
| 1930s | 72 | 4,398 |
| 1940s | 76 | 4,730 |
| 1950s | 33 | 6,642 |
| 1960s | 22 | 8,687 |
| 1970s | 17 | 10,414 |
| 1980s | 111 | 6,536 |
| 1990s | 559 | 3,188 |
| 2000s | 2,859 | 1,088 |
| 2010s | 4,934 | 1,044 |
| 2020s | 2,992 | 1,134 |
Where Boston is heading
Boston has held roughly steady over the past decade, from 490 babies in 2015 to 505 in 2025.
Names like Boston
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Boston.