Coal

Boy · recorded 1994–2025

  • #9,714in 2025
  • 1 in 244,010boys in 2025
  • +12%last ten years

Most popular in 2016.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1994

04719942002201020172025

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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 21 recorded years as a table
Coal, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19943
19993
20004
20013
20025
20033
20043
20056
20064
20074
20082
20106
20124
20136
20146
20154
20167
20177
20194
20223
20254

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Coal isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
7
Rank in 2025
#9,714
How rare
1 in 244,010 boys
Since 1994
176

Most popular in 2016, at 7 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 12% per million boys born.

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