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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

Bernard, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	1,267
1881	1,291
1882	1,267
1883	1,348
1884	1,223
1885	1,484
1886	1,625
1887	1,568
1888	1,713
1889	1,944
1890	1,603
1891	1,848
1892	1,942
1893	1,932
1894	2,211
1895	2,206
1896	2,016
1897	2,075
1898	2,315
1899	2,090
1900	2,047
1901	2,273
1902	2,112
1903	2,273
1904	2,544
1905	2,207
1906	2,576
1907	2,574
1908	2,682
1909	2,823
1910	2,884
1911	3,439
1912	3,342
1913	3,738
1914	3,720
1915	3,891
1916	3,905
1917	4,010
1918	4,043
1919	3,994
1920	3,911
1921	4,072
1922	4,052
1923	3,992
1924	3,977
1925	3,817
1926	3,757
1927	3,696
1928	3,672
1929	3,539
1930	3,491
1931	3,380
1932	3,114
1933	3,031
1934	3,047
1935	2,817
1936	2,751
1937	2,505
1938	2,448
1939	2,371
1940	2,129
1941	2,043
1942	1,972
1943	1,923
1944	1,922
1945	1,774
1946	1,604
1947	1,636
1948	1,547
1949	1,511
1950	1,472
1951	1,472
1952	1,414
1953	1,392
1954	1,338
1955	1,243
1956	1,175
1957	1,174
1958	1,134
1959	1,065
1960	1,080
1961	1,012
1962	952
1963	958
1964	942
1965	900
1966	853
1967	827
1968	751
1969	718
1970	638
1971	660
1972	646
1973	606
1974	546
1975	542
1976	505
1977	461
1978	449
1979	441
1980	431
1981	389
1982	373
1983	357
1984	341
1985	353
1986	323
1987	318
1988	318
1989	329
1990	251
1991	276
1992	265
1993	258
1994	214
1995	226
1996	171
1997	169
1998	155
1999	139
2000	140
2001	134
2002	116
2003	111
2004	120
2005	112
2006	94
2007	102
2008	105
2009	95
2010	90
2011	88
2012	79
2013	89
2014	82
2015	79
2016	86
2017	86
2018	93
2019	84
2020	86
2021	82
2022	85
2023	71
2024	85
2025	80

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

New York 1.9×
California 0.7×

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The numbers

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Births in 2025: 137
Rank in 2025: #1,362
How rare: 1 in 12,467 boys
Since 1880: 200,087

Most popular in 1921, at 4,072 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 2% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
New York	1.9×	39
California	0.7×	28

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