Boden
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 36 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Boden has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #980 |
| 2018 | #952 |
| 2019 | #929 |
| 2020 | #826 |
| 2021 | #829 |
| 2022 | #859 |
| 2023 | #756 |
| 2024 | #817 |
| 2025 | #769 |
Boden by the numbers
In 2025, 36 babies in England and Wales were named Boden. In the US, 181 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 210 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Boden
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Boden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Boden
Names that are said the same way as Boden, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Boden
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