Boaz is a distinctive choice, ranked #763 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Boaz in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#763
US Rank #891
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About the Name Boaz
Boaz is steadily gaining in popularity, up 68 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #1078 in 2021, and it currently sits at #1162. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1999.
Boaz is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Boaz in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #958, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
โญ Famous People Named Boaz
Boaz Bismuth โ Boaz Bismuth is a member of the Israeli Knesset, the head of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, a journalist and columnist who served as editor-in-chief of Israel Hayom between April 2017 and January 2022, and Israeli Ambassador to Mauritania betweenโฆ
Boaz Toporovsky โ Boaz Toporovsky is an Israeli politician.
Boaz Solossa โ Boaz Theofilus Erwin Solossa is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Boaz
Unlikely. With around 44 UK babies named Boaz per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Boaz in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Boaz is at its highest recorded position โ #763 in 2025, with 44 births. In 2020 it ranked #1,230.
Boaz is more popular in the US (#958) than in the UK (#1162). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Boaz include: Boaz Bismuth, Boaz Toporovsky and Boaz Solossa. Short summaries for each appear below.
Boaz does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Boazs in the wild.
44
UK babies named Boaz (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Boaz
Almost certainly the only Boaz in the class
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UK Popularity (1999–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2023–2023)
Rank · SSA official data
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Boaz Bismuth is a member of the Israeli Knesset, the head of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, a journalist and columnist who served as editor-in-chief of Israel Hayom between April 2017 and January 2022, and Israeli Ambassador to Mauritania between 2004 and 2008.
Boaz Ganor (Hebrew: ืืืขื ืื ืืจ) is the former dean of the Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center and the current President of Reichman University.