# Boaz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/boaz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈboʊ.əz/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,476 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,476 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 371, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew בֹּעַז (Bṓʿaz).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 1,781 |
| 2012 | 93 | 1,660 |
| 2013 | 126 | 1,345 |
| 2014 | 117 | 1,428 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1,308 |
| 2016 | 163 | 1,170 |
| 2017 | 150 | 1,220 |
| 2018 | 179 | 1,096 |
| 2019 | 191 | 1,066 |
| 2020 | 177 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 217 | 1,010 |
| 2022 | 220 | 1,012 |
| 2023 | 239 | 947 |
| 2024 | 221 | 1,011 |
| 2025 | 268 | 891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 44 | 763 |

## In other languages

- Hebrew: בועז

## People named Boaz

- Boaz Myhill, association football player (born 1982)
- Boaz Yakin, American screenwriter and film director
- Boaz Meylink, Dutch rower
- Boaz Davidson, film director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.