Boston
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning Boston town; place name used as given name.
Babies a year
425
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#620
up from #627
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
How Boston has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #605 |
| 2016 | #638 |
| 2017 | #658 |
| 2018 | #640 |
| 2019 | #604 |
| 2020 | #594 |
| 2021 | #602 |
| 2022 | #617 |
| 2023 | #639 |
| 2024 | #627 |
| 2025 | #620 |
Boston by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Boston. In the US, 425 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 496 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Boston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bostynfrom Boston; a variant of Boston49 in the US (2017)
- Boltonsettlement with buildings or fortifications15 in the US (2017)
- Bostin5 in the US (2017)
- Bentonbent grass settlement or town230 in the US (2017)
- Brytonfrom the settlement of the Britons64 in the US (2017)
- Bastiona stronghold or fortified position25 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a gift
Like Boston, each of these has a gift in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Jonathanyahweh has given; god's gift6,476 in the US (2017)
- Theodoregift of God2,638 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Boston
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