Boris
Boris is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. Its best rank was 872nd, in 1962.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197082 births
- Best rank
- #872in 1962
- Since 1911
- 4,584people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,584 boys have been named Boris in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 82 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1990s alone account for 13%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Boris | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 213 | |
| 1920s | 373 | |
| 1930s | 237 | |
| 1940s | 111 | |
| 1950s | 287 | |
| 1960s | 597 | |
| 1970s | 481 | |
| 1980s | 401 | |
| 1990s | 603 | |
| 2000s | 581 | |
| 2010s | 507 | |
| 2020s | 193 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Boris was the 891st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Boris
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Genopeak 2023
- Dionisiopeak 1977
- Linopeak 2003
- Ginopeak 1992
- Carlopeak 2024
- Amandopeak 2002
- Zoltanpeak 1967
- Renatopeak 2010
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.