Boat names by state
The most popular boat names in every state
Pick a state to see its top 25 boat names, its busiest hailing ports and how many documented vessels call it home — from 234,468 US Coast Guard records.
All states, by fleet size
Florida38,462
California25,349
Missouri16,682
Washington12,387
Massachusetts11,745
New York10,729
Louisiana9,546
Maryland8,378
Texas7,506
Alaska6,837
Virginia6,315
Maine5,834
Rhode Island5,329
New Jersey5,000
North Carolina4,854
Michigan4,158
Connecticut4,118
Ohio3,916
South Carolina3,775
Illinois3,326
Delaware3,201
Kentucky3,038
Oregon2,801
Alabama2,526
Pennsylvania2,256
Indiana2,231
Wisconsin2,187
Hawaii2,178
Minnesota1,853
Arizona1,721
Mississippi1,598
Georgia1,576
Tennessee1,483
New Hampshire1,163
Colorado832
Kansas737
Washington, D.C.650
Iowa617
Arkansas590
Nevada589
Oklahoma490
Idaho441
Vermont418
West Virginia377
Montana371
Utah304
Nebraska269
New Mexico169
Wyoming141
South Dakota72
North Dakota39
Counts cover vessels with a valid Certificate of Documentation, grouped by the hailing-port state on the transom, as of August 2026.