August

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #81in 2025
  • 1 in 431boys in 2025
  • +112%last ten years
  • 4.1×in Vermont

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 112% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,1592,31718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
August, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,901
18811,707
18822,058
18831,998
18841,861
18851,790
18861,832
18871,913
18881,762
18891,546
18901,855
18911,838
18921,483
18931,380
18941,399
18951,618
18961,505
18971,215
18981,337
18991,337
1900984
19011,090
1902880
1903973
1904991
1905824
1906901
1907913
1908894
1909787
1910741
1911735
1912798
1913782
1914814
1915836
1916759
1917714
1918610
1919631
1920573
1921554
1922548
1923496
1924507
1925461
1926412
1927440
1928380
1929422
1930394
1931407
1932350
1933340
1934286
1935259
1936278
1937281
1938224
1939225
1940223
1941193
1942203
1943174
1944175
1945149
1946142
1947137
1948137
1949140
1950113
1951107
195299
1953110
195493
195573
195688
195784
195873
195977
196069
196176
196259
196365
196463
196559
196659
196768
196857
196962
197059
197167
197261
197359
197469
197567
197668
197765
197858
197960
198061
198159
198257
198350
198460
198564
198671
198762
198864
198976
199071
199176
199283
199386
1994101
1995131
1996118
1997137
1998163
1999147
2000158
2001149
2002145
2003154
2004152
2005172
2006187
2007199
2008285
2009328
2010337
2011379
2012499
2013551
2014804
20151,092
20161,102
20171,113
20181,261
20191,332
20201,409
20211,806
20221,959
20232,022
20242,260
20252,317

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 4.1×
  2. District of Columbia 2.6×
  3. Missouri 2.6×
  4. Minnesota 2.3×
  5. Nebraska 2.2×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,958
Rank in 2025
#81
How rare
1 in 431 boys
Since 1880
68,182

Most popular in 2025, at 2,317 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 112% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont4.1×32
District of Columbia2.6×48
Missouri2.6×462
Minnesota2.3×362
Nebraska2.2×127

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.