boys:
96 births since 2012
#4490 (2nd percentile)
overall:
96 births since 2012
#7643 (1st percentile)
The name Boyan is the #7,643 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 96 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,490 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 96 births since 2012.
Boyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 (first recorded for boys in 2012). Birth data for Boyan is available in 11 out of the 12 years between 2012 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, Boyan reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #909) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Boyan ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 78.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Boyan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Boyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Boyan is pronounced as BOY-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BOY-ahn, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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