John

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #23in 2025
  • 1 in 212boys in 2025
  • −14%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Mississippi

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

043,69287,38318801916195319892025

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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
John, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188087,383
188187,040
188284,065
188385,008
188482,034
188581,225
188681,475
188779,972
188876,515
188977,302
189076,578
189175,896
189274,069
189371,663
189471,151
189570,873
189668,063
189766,958
189866,504
189965,812
190065,314
190164,809
190264,463
190363,809
190463,283
190560,912
190662,063
190761,181
190860,537
190958,477
191058,957
191159,503
191257,189
191357,220
191457,955
191556,066
191656,223
191756,027
191855,806
191954,607
192053,472
192152,854
192252,640
192352,429
192452,132
192551,254
192650,525
192749,648
192848,537
192948,449
193047,793
193146,576
193246,568
193346,619
193445,267
193545,622
193645,973
193745,708
193845,546
193946,099
194047,263
194146,828
194247,817
194348,293
194448,879
194549,126
194648,809
194748,275
194847,209
194945,761
195044,358
195143,322
195242,776
195340,645
195439,813
195538,899
195638,200
195736,636
195835,835
195935,814
196035,687
196137,653
196237,910
196338,716
196441,405
196538,434
196636,455
196735,325
196835,043
196932,845
197031,477
197129,128
197226,614
197325,129
197423,921
197522,467
197621,654
197720,810
197820,717
197920,569
198019,773
198119,467
198219,123
198318,495
198418,068
198517,045
198616,404
198715,830
198815,372
198914,920
199014,162
199113,765
199213,144
199312,744
199412,519
199512,210
199611,713
199711,345
199810,795
199910,606
200010,242
20019,730
20029,002
20038,732
20048,297
20057,909
20067,384
20076,961
20086,537
20096,117
20106,029
20115,828
20125,608
20135,677
20145,571
20155,438
20165,301
20175,152
20185,068
20194,940
20204,788
20214,679
20224,582
20234,562
20244,694
20254,699

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Mississippi 3.1×
  2. Alabama 3.1×
  3. District of Columbia 2.6×
  4. Wyoming 2.6×
  5. South Carolina 2.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
8,027
Rank in 2025
#23
How rare
1 in 212 boys
Since 1880
5,182,633

Most popular in 1880, at 87,384 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 14% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi3.1×482
Alabama3.1×935
District of Columbia2.6×100
Wyoming2.6×40
South Carolina2.2×631

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