Boy

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A few things about Boy you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Boy

Boy Waterman

Dutch footballer

Choose Boy and your child shares a first name with Boy Waterman, a Dutch footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Boy, like who?” Boy Waterman's Wikipedia article is available in 22 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Ultraslansi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 95,238 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Boy, 18 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Boy would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryBoy first shows up in US birth records in 1900, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 125 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1903, when it ranked #1,130. Today it's #5,208, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendBoy has slipped 1,188 places over the last five years and now sits at #5,208. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedBoy is most popular in North Dakota, where it ranks #170. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Boy means “boy”.

About the name Boy

Boy is a boy name of French origin meaning “boy”. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with B and ending in “-boy”. US birth records list Boy for boys from 1900 to 2025, in 50 of those 126 years. Its best year was 1903, when it ranked #1,130 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #5,208, with 18 babies.

Origin:French names