Boaz
- Pronunciation
- [Boaz]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Swift
- Origin
- Hebrew
Boaz Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,204 baby boys have been named Boaz. The name peaked in 2023 with 237 US births that year (rank #952). In 2024, ranked #1015 nationally — 63 places below its 2023 peak.
Top States for Boaz
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Boaz births are: California (288), Texas (162), New York (147).
Other Hebrew-Origin Names Like Boaz
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4-Letter Names Starting with B
Names with Boaz's exact length and starting letter: Baal, Babu, Badr, Badu, Baen.
Quick Facts About Boaz
US Popularity History (2023–2025)
Annual US births named Boaz by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 268 boys named Boaz (boy rank #891 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Boaz Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Boaz the strongest states are Idaho, Oregon, Kansas.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #1,077 | 39 |
| 2 | California | #988 | 113 |
| 3 | Ohio | #882 | 52 |
| 4 | Arizona | #837 | 24 |
| 5 | Tennessee | #820 | 51 |
| 6 | Indiana | #813 | 39 |
| 7 | Michigan | #795 | 55 |
| 8 | Washington | #729 | 75 |
| 9 | Virginia | #728 | 44 |
| 10 | Missouri | #692 | 49 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Boaz in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bo | Precious | Female | Chinese |
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Compare Boaz to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Boaz against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).