How rare is the name Boris?

14,924 people in the United States have the first name Boris, about 1 in 20,238. It ranks #1,902 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BORIS

#1,902

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,924
About
1 in 20,238
This common or more
77.6%
Who bears it

Of the 14,924 people named Boris, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 18.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Boris peaked in 1970, when 82 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
82
In 2025*
37 ▼55%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,621 babies have been given the name since 1911. 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.

Boris by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,338. The largest share of babies named Boris, 19.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#2,566213
1920s#2,338373
1930s#2,792237
1940s#4,773111
1950s#3,264287
1960s#2,360597
1970s#3,048481
1980s#3,953401
1990s#3,778603
2000s#4,845581
2010s#5,603507
2020s#6,727230
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.3%
Silent Generation 1928–457.8%
Baby boom 1946–6413.8%
Generation X 1965–8017.5%
Millennials 1981–9617.4%
Generation Z 1997–1219.3%
2013 and later12.9%

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.

Where Boris is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Boris has been most common in New York (4.6×), California (3.1×), and Florida (2.7×), and least common in Texas (0.7×).

1,879 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Boris

#1,900 Rodger · 14,950#1,901 Timmy · 14,931#1,903 Dion · 14,902#1,904 Brook · 14,890

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Boris, most common first.

#22,610 Borys · 439#51,981 Borris · 110

Also a last name

As a last name, Boris ranks #12,990 of 156,621, with 2,261 people. See Boris as a last name

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