Given name & surname
Bosco
Bosco is a masculine given name from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bosco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 432
- 432 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,190 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 37 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,190 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 628 as a first name in 2020; 4,208 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Bosco
- Bosco WongHong Kong actorborn 1980
- Bosco NtagandaIndicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimesborn 1973
- Bosco Lin Chi-nanTaiwanese Roman Catholic bishopborn 1943
- BoscoBrazilian footballerborn 1974
- Bosco HoganIrish actorborn 1949
- Bosco PuthurIndian bishopborn 1946
- Bosco MacDonaldBritish Roman-Catholic bishopborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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