Boden

What Boden means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Boden yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Boden?

US: Rising: up from #983 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2319 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 344 boys got the name (#757 that year). First in the US records in 1987.

How common

• About 1 in 5,129 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,554 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.98 per 1,000 boys), SD (2.34 per 1,000 boys), NE (1.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Boden is #769 in the US and #873 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Boden were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bowden79 US · 5 E&W
• Bodin40 US
• Bohdan30 US · 7 E&W
• Bohden24 US · 5 E&W
• Bodyn10 US
• Bowdyn5 US
• Baden0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Boden

Boys

• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies
• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
• Gael#86“hunt”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*

For a sister

• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Boden’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.