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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 145 recorded years as a table

Carson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	81
1881	60
1882	123
1884	114
1885	83
1886	72
1887	138
1888	74
1889	63
1890	72
1891	69
1892	98
1893	45
1894	104
1895	85
1896	67
1897	44
1898	130
1899	94
1900	106
1901	103
1902	139
1903	117
1904	78
1905	91
1906	98
1907	102
1908	78
1909	134
1910	124
1911	164
1912	105
1913	92
1914	147
1915	112
1916	127
1917	97
1918	102
1919	105
1920	93
1921	88
1922	110
1923	99
1924	117
1925	92
1926	102
1927	93
1928	91
1929	67
1930	96
1931	83
1932	106
1933	72
1934	81
1935	81
1936	86
1937	93
1938	78
1939	106
1940	91
1941	79
1942	83
1943	85
1944	51
1945	73
1946	81
1947	74
1948	67
1949	75
1950	67
1951	80
1952	62
1953	71
1954	67
1955	61
1956	53
1957	50
1958	47
1959	46
1960	42
1961	50
1962	41
1963	43
1964	43
1965	48
1966	44
1967	41
1968	50
1969	45
1970	56
1971	47
1972	64
1973	65
1974	66
1975	79
1976	89
1977	82
1978	83
1979	89
1980	87
1981	92
1982	104
1983	103
1984	122
1985	139
1986	137
1987	134
1988	148
1989	188
1990	229
1991	266
1992	331
1993	356
1994	431
1995	469
1996	533
1997	555
1998	770
1999	1,222
2000	1,649
2001	2,029
2002	1,854
2003	2,461
2004	2,206
2005	2,180
2006	2,439
2007	2,467
2008	2,513
2009	2,519
2010	2,657
2011	2,594
2012	2,423
2013	2,400
2014	2,408
2015	2,484
2016	2,598
2017	2,575
2018	2,896
2019	2,520
2020	2,431
2021	2,159
2022	1,952
2023	1,877
2024	1,684
2025	1,688

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

West Virginia 3.6×
New Hampshire 2.7×
Kentucky 2.4×
Alaska 2.2×
Delaware 2.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 2,883
Rank in 2025: #124
How rare: 1 in 592 boys
Since 1880: 132,774

Most popular in 2018, at 2,896 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 32% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
West Virginia	3.6×	119
New Hampshire	2.7×	61
Kentucky	2.4×	252
Alaska	2.2×	27
Delaware	2.0×	31

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