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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bogdan

Bogdan was the 3387th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 2929th; the most babies were born in 2024 (37). Over the last ten years it has moved up 405 places. More babies were named Bogdan in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,387 boys, up 200 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
34boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202437 babies
Total since 1880
779babies recorded

Bogdan popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#3,38734
2020#3,58730
2010#5,77015
2000#5,61512
1990#7,2766
1980#6,3545
1970——
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How popular is Bogdan, counting every spelling?

Bogdan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Bogdan?

34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bogdan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bogdan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bogdan.

Chance of another Bogdan in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inIllinoisunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Bogdan?

About 800 people born in the US named Bogdan are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 24. That makes Bogdan mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Bogdan by state

How common Bogdan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Illinois (6.2×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIL0.11Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bogdan, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Bogdan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bogdan, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Bogdan

How popular is the name Bogdan?

Bogdan was the 3387th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 2929th; the most babies were born in 2024 (37). Over the last ten years it has moved up 405 places. More babies were named Bogdan in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Bogdan a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Bogdan in the US.

Where is Bogdan most popular?

In 2021–2025, Bogdan was most common in Illinois (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and New York.