# Boris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/boris/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɔɹɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Borys |
| US babies named this | 4,621 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,621 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 726, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

## 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 | 48 | 2,549 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2,598 |
| 2013 | 64 | 2,092 |
| 2014 | 54 | 2,375 |
| 2015 | 49 | 2,532 |
| 2016 | 47 | 2,629 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,495 |
| 2018 | 52 | 2,478 |
| 2019 | 48 | 2,662 |
| 2020 | 50 | 2,552 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,922 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,421 |
| 2023 | 32 | 3,577 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,341 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,189 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,024 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 38 | 804 |
| 2014 | 43 | 744 |
| 2015 | 32 | 927 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 47 | 721 |
| 2019 | 39 | 798 |
| 2020 | 43 | 745 |
| 2021 | 39 | 815 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بُورِيس
- Armenian: Բորիս
- Chinese: 鮑里斯
- Czech: Boris
- French: Boris
- Hungarian: Borisz
- Japanese: ボリス
- Latvian: Boriss
- Polish: Borys
- Portuguese: Bóris
- Russian: Бори́с
- Slovak: Boris
- Slovene: Boris
- Spanish: Boris
- Ukrainian: Борис

## People named Boris

- Boris Tadić, 3rd President of the Republic of Serbia
- Boris Vian, French writer and musician (1920–1959)
- Boris Gelfand, Belarusian-Israeli chess player
- Boris Christoff, Bulgarian bass singer (1914–1993)
- Boris I of Bulgaria, Bulgarian ruler
- Boris Diaw, French basketball executive and former player
- Boris II of Bulgaria, Bulgarian ruler
- Boris Kodjoe, German actor
- Boris Živković, Croatian footballer
- Boris Lagutin, boxer (1938–2022)
- Boris Gaganelov, Bulgarian footballer (1941-2020)
- Boris Cyrulnik, French psychiatrist

## 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.