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Bo name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Bo ranks #449 in male records (698 reported) and #4,570 in female records (30 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#4,570 · 30 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 13 female records (17 to 30); rank moved from #6,679 to #4,570.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 12 female records (42 to 30); rank moved from #3,627 to #4,570.
2025 male rank and count
#449 · 698 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 6 male records (692 to 698); rank moved from #452 to #449.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 76 male records (622 to 698); rank moved from #480 to #449.
Peak year in available data
2025: 698 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Bo becoming more popular?

Bo's reported male count increased by 6 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #452 to #449. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Bo in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for BoFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.6980201620252016: 27 female records2017: 21 female records2018: 32 female records2019: 31 female records2020: 20 female records2021: 42 female records2022: 29 female records2023: 22 female records2024: 17 female records2025: 30 female records2016: 453 male records2017: 432 male records2018: 483 male records2019: 493 male records2020: 525 male records2021: 622 male records2022: 614 male records2023: 633 male records2024: 692 male records2025: 698 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025304,570698449
2024176,679692452
2023225,583633478
2022294,689614497
2021423,627622480
2020205,894525540
2019314,458493566
2018324,369483572
2017215,860432610
2016275,020453595

Questions about Bo’s popularity

How common is Bo in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Bo ranks #449 in male records (698 reported) and #4,570 in female records (30 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Bo?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Bo only.

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