boys:
3k births since 1928
#2299 (50th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1928
#4969 (36th percentile)
The name Boaz is the #4,969 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,979 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 35.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,299 (49.8% percentile) for all time with 2,979 births since 1928.
Boaz first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (first recorded for boys in 1928). Birth data for Boaz is available in 54 out of the 96 years between 1928 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Boaz reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 24.9% percentile (ranked #684) with 128 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 128 births per million (ranked 24.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1997, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Boaz is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #684 (24.9% percentile) with 128 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Boaz".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Boaz. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.4% confident that Boaz is pronounced as BOH-az, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BOH-AZ, at 29.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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