How rare is the name Bogdan?

4,334 people in the United States have the first name Bogdan, about 1 in 69,689. It ranks #4,349 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BOGDAN

#4,349

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,334
About
1 in 69,689
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,334 people named Bogdan, 98.3% reported their origin as White. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bogdan peaked in 2024, when 37 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
37
In 2025*
34 ▼8%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 779 babies have been given the name since 1954. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bogdan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #7,656. The largest share of babies named Bogdan, 49.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#13,00310
1960s#10,11337
1970s#17,85117
1980s#25,69910
1990s#13,91489
2000s#10,997178
2010s#9,093249
2020s#7,656189
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–805.5%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–1234.5%
2013 and later49.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Bogdan

#4,346 Elder · 4,337#4,348 Eleanore · 4,335#4,350 Khoa · 4,333#4,351 Judd · 4,329

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bogdan, most common first.

#36,737 Bogdana · 215

Also a last name

As a last name, Bogdan ranks #10,512 of 156,621, with 2,913 people. See Bogdan as a last name

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