Unisex name
Boston
190 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2021. Expression number: 22.
Origin
The US city is named after the English town (from which several prominent colonists had come), which itself is sometimes said to be named as a contraction of Botolph's town or Botolph's stone (the name Botolph itself coming from Old English Botwulf, from boda + wulf). However, this is uncertain.From Wiktionary, entry “Boston”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2021: 17 births. 190 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 50 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2014: 562 births. 11,944 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (9%) as well as boys (91%). It really came into use around 1921. It is still given: 2,487 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
2 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 5 = 22
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
6 + 6 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
2 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 10 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 2 · cooperation, sensitivity, connection
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.