Green

Boy · recorded 1880–1984

  • 1984last recorded
  • 1886best year

Most popular in 1886.

Last recorded in 1984. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Green.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

020340618801906193219581984

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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 91 recorded years as a table
Green, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880353
1881328
1882237
1883315
1884271
1885297
1886406
1887306
1888265
1889190
1890297
1891178
1892229
1893205
1894190
1895145
1896209
1897106
1898228
1899179
1900186
1901103
1902179
1903143
1904101
1905113
1906128
190768
190865
190991
1910103
191166
191251
191362
191470
191544
191653
191745
191842
191943
192041
192138
192239
192335
192433
192528
192632
192743
192823
192931
193032
193123
193226
193325
193431
193518
193619
193718
193819
193919
194019
194111
194210
194318
194411
194510
19469
19475
194815
19497
19507
19517
19526
19536
19543
19555
19567
19574
19583
19596
19606
19615
19635
19643
19654
19664
19703
19715
19724
19734
19843

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Green 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 1984
6
Rank in 1984
#5,561
How rare
1 in 300,808 boys
Since 1880
2,033

Green was last recorded in 1984. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1886, at 406 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Green doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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