Meaning and history
Boaz is a Hebrew name meaning “swiftness.” In the Old Testament, it belongs to the man who marries Ruth, and it was also the name of one of the two pillars standing outside Solomon’s Temple, the other being Jachin.
20062006: 58 births, rank #2,205
2007: 54 births, rank #2,372
2008: 54 births, rank #2,374
2009: 81 births, rank #1,825
2010: 80 births, rank #1,816
20112011: 81 births, rank #1,780
2012: 93 births, rank #1,657
2013: 126 births, rank #1,345
2014: 117 births, rank #1,427
2015: 135 births, rank #1,307
20162016: 163 births, rank #1,169
2017: 150 births, rank #1,219
2018: 179 births, rank #1,094
2019: 191 births, rank #1,066
2020: 177 births, rank #1,111
20212021: 217 births, rank #1,006
2022: 220 births, rank #1,012
2023: 239 births, rank #946
2024: 221 births, rank #1,011
20252025: 268 births, rank #891
Boaz rose from #947 to #891 for boys between 2023 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 268.