# Boniface (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/boniface/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑn.ə.fɪs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 176 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 176 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Bonifatius.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 11 | 2,638 |
| 1924 | 14 | 2,242 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,272 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,160 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,270 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,122 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,008 |
| 1935 | 5 | 3,706 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,211 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,409 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,348 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,598 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,354 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |

## People named Boniface

- Saint Boniface, 8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Ap
- Boniface VII, antipope in 974, 984–985
- Boniface, Count of Savoy
- Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany, 9th-century Margrave of Tuscany and Duke of Lucca
- Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi, Catholic bishop
- Boniface Wimmer, Founder of first American Benedictine monastery (1809-1887)
- Buddy DeFranco, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1923–2014)

## 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.