The noun phrase, "the boys" is a common noun, a general term for two or more young male persons.
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for the term "the boys" is the names of the boys such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, or a title using that term such as the 1978 movie title "The Boys From Brazil".
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