# Borys (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/borys/  
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 | Ukrainian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Boris |
| US babies named this | 23 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 428, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian Бори́с (Borýs). Compare Belarusian Барыс (Barys), 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 5 | 3,885 |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,574 |
| 1958 | 7 | 3,298 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,129 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31 | 918 |
| 2011 | 34 | 852 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 32 | 910 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 35 | 873 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 48 | 719 |
| 2018 | 37 | 835 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Borys

- Borys Derkach, footballer (1964-2019)

## 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.