Bailey · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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

Bailey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	109
1881	79
1882	70
1883	76
1884	52
1885	65
1886	63
1887	59
1888	50
1889	90
1890	117
1891	99
1892	82
1893	142
1894	95
1895	85
1896	67
1897	115
1898	114
1899	104
1900	126
1901	113
1902	82
1903	42
1904	78
1905	76
1906	113
1907	95
1908	45
1909	55
1910	51
1911	49
1912	60
1913	47
1914	52
1915	40
1916	56
1917	36
1918	37
1919	37
1920	45
1921	44
1922	36
1923	30
1924	39
1925	27
1926	29
1927	32
1928	41
1929	33
1930	38
1931	34
1932	39
1933	35
1934	29
1935	36
1936	33
1937	38
1938	31
1939	34
1940	27
1941	27
1942	22
1943	19
1944	23
1945	23
1946	19
1947	15
1948	15
1949	17
1950	20
1951	15
1952	17
1953	13
1954	14
1955	14
1956	13
1957	14
1958	10
1959	13
1960	7
1961	7
1962	10
1963	11
1964	12
1965	8
1966	12
1967	15
1968	7
1969	15
1970	11
1971	11
1972	9
1973	12
1974	10
1975	8
1976	10
1977	11
1978	10
1979	11
1980	17
1981	15
1982	23
1983	17
1984	22
1985	21
1986	22
1987	35
1988	40
1989	44
1990	42
1991	49
1992	60
1993	66
1994	97
1995	531
1996	818
1997	1,218
1998	1,171
1999	1,150
2000	894
2001	635
2002	438
2003	384
2004	302
2005	239
2006	178
2007	171
2008	136
2009	110
2010	102
2011	88
2012	64
2013	66
2014	70
2015	58
2016	58
2017	78
2018	70
2019	67
2020	54
2021	68
2022	68
2023	88
2024	90
2025	81

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Texas 0.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 138
Rank in 2025: #1,358
How rare: 1 in 12,377 boys
Since 1880: 21,738

Most popular in 1997, at 1,218 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 40% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	0.6×	26

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