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Boris
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About Boris
The name Boris is currently ranked #893 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #872 in 1962. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in BORIS, BORIS, and BORIS.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,375 | 54 | 28.1 |
| 2015 | #2,531 | 49 | 25.6 |
| 2016 | #2,629 | 47 | 24.8 |
| 2017 | #2,494 | 51 | 27.6 |
| 2018 | #2,478 | 52 | 28.6 |
| 2019 | #2,662 | 48 | 26.8 |
| 2020 | #2,552 | 50 | 29 |
| 2021 | #2,921 | 42 | 24 |
| 2022 | #3,420 | 34 | 19.5 |
| 2023 | #3,569 | 32 | 18.7 |
| 2024 | #3,328 | 35 | 20.3 |
| 2025 | #3,189 | 37 | 21.7 |
World rankings
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Famous Boriss
- Boris Fyodorovich Godunov
Tsar of Russia
- Boris Karloff (born William Henry Pratt)
English actor
- Boris Said
American NASCAR driver
- Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Russian President
- Boris Franz Becker
German tennis player
- Boris Vian
French novelist, jazz musician and polymath
- Boris Aronson
American theatrical scenic designer
- (Alexander) Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
British Prime Minister
- Boris Mikhaylovich Moiseev
Russian singer and dancer
- Boris Kodjoe
American actor
- Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
Russian novelist
- Boris Vasilievich Spassky
Russian chess grandmaster and World Champion
- Boris Babacar Diaw
French basketball player
Boris in pop culture
- Boris the Wolf
fictional character that appears in the horror game "Bendy and the Ink Machine"
- Boris Walleyska
main character on TV's "Alien Dawn"
- Boris Badenov
a main adversary on "The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show"
- Boris
a snow goose in the animated movie Balto
- Boris Pavliovsky
character in Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch"
- Boris
later Sparrowpelt, character in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" book series
- Boris
Great Dane dog in the 2018 Disney Channel Original Movie/musical "Freaky Friday"
