Boston

What Boston means

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

Editor’s note Down from #605 in 2015 to #620 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Boston?

US: Steady: #605 in 2015, #620 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2150 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 463 boys got the name (#594 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,787 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 45,323 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 UT (2.29 per 1,000 boys), SD (1.56 per 1,000 boys), ND (1.49 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Boston is #620 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 89.3% of US babies named Boston 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

• Bostyn14 US

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 Boston

Boys

• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Ryland#703“rye + land”^*
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies

For a sister

• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Marley#322Editor’s note Down from #218 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 in the US
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Marleigh#975Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #975 vs #2,605 in 2025
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a place name, From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Boston’s. Rank is US 2025.