Bohumil

Boys' name

Form of Bogumił

Bohumil has been given to 56 babies in the U.S. since 1908. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1914, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Bohumil, 1927

1 in 464,000

Bohumil over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bohumil: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Bogumił

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bohumil means

Bohumil is a form of Bogumił.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Bohumil is used in Czech and Slovak.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbo.ɦu.mɪl/ and /ˈbɔ.ɦu.mil/ for Bohumil.

Origin, language, and formation

Bohumil comes through Old Czech Bohumil.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bogumił.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Bohumil is pronounced [ˈboɦumɪl].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 56 boys were recorded with the name Bohumil between 1908 and 1927. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1914; its best national rank was #1,398 in 1908.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bohumil?

Bohumil had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1927, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1927: 1 in 464,000; 5 of 2,319,281 births
Among boys only: 1 in 225,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1927: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 321,522 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bohumil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1927 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 321,522 children born in 1927 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bohumil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bohumils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bohumil was born before 1918 — so the typical Bohumil is around 107 today.

Median birth year: 1918; About 107 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 62.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 62.5% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Bohumil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1914 (8)
Years since peak: 111; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,398; 1908

Bohumil around the world

Where Bohumil ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1963–1963
#563
in 1963

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bohumil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,398; 1908
Peak year: 1914; 8 that year
First recorded: 1908
Last recorded: 1927
All-time count: 56
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bohumil

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Bohdie Bohannon Bohen Bohde Bohden Muzamil Kaamil Bohan Muzammil Soumil Bohdan Shamil Samil Khamil Bohdi Ermil Muzzammil Ishmil Romil Camil Bohdee Aamil Jemil Jermil

Sibling names for Bohumil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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