Baylor

Boy · recorded 1918–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.0 to 1)

  • #386in 2025
  • 1 in 2,077boys in 2025
  • +229%last ten years
  • 5.8×in South Dakota

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 229% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

026352519181945197219982025

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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 45 recorded years as a table
Baylor, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19185
19215
19228
19245
19463
19853
19863
19883
19893
19903
19915
19928
199313
199414
199520
199629
199728
199833
199939
200055
200142
200246
200364
200459
200557
200656
200763
200869
200970
201084
201175
2012103
201397
2014113
2015146
2016180
2017167
2018194
2019264
2020375
2021435
2022467
2023476
2024525
2025481

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. South Dakota 5.8×
  2. Nebraska 5.4×
  3. Mississippi 5.3×
  4. Alabama 5.3×
  5. Louisiana 3.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
822
Rank in 2025
#386
How rare
1 in 2,077 boys
Since 1918
9,010

Most popular in 2024, at 525 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 229% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
South Dakota5.8×32
Nebraska5.4×69
Mississippi5.3×87
Alabama5.3×170
Louisiana3.9×114

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