Boby

Boy · recorded 1919–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

Last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Boby.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1919

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Boby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19195
19206
19215
19244
19259
19265
192710
19289
192914
193013
193114
193216
193313
193410
193524
193616
193721
19388
193914
19409
194111
19426
19437
194410
19456
19465
19503
19563
19602
19632
19663
19683
19744
19793
19803
19814
19892
19902
20043

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Boby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2004
5
Rank in 2004
#11,356
How rare
1 in 396,995 boys
Since 1919
374

Boby was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1935, at 24 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Boby doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.