boy's name

Bogdan

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,135

Ireland

#410

2025 births

Bogdan is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 37 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 97,513 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1954.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Bogdan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

249
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Bogdan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 10
1960s 37
1970s 17
1980s 10
1990s 89
2000s 178
2010s 249
2020s (to 2025) 189

How popular is Bogdan?

In 2025, Bogdan was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Bogdan is used

Ireland #410 9 in 2025
Scotland #729 3 in 2018
France #1,331 25 in 2025
Canada #1,716 12 in 2024
England & Wales #2,162 11 in 2025
United States #3,388 34 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Bogdan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Bogdan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Bogdan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Bogdan in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Czech
Bohdan
Polish
Bohdan
Ukrainian
Bohdan

Sibling names for Bogdan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Bogdan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Bogdan

How popular is the name Bogdan?

In 2025, Bogdan was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Bogdan a girl's or a boy's name?

Bogdan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Bogdan?

Bogdan has 2 syllables.

When was Bogdan most popular?

Bogdan peaked in 2024, when 37 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Bogdan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Bogdan currently ranks #410 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.