Ledger

Boy · recorded 1923–2025

  • #553in 2025
  • 1 in 3,157boys in 2025
  • +282%last ten years
  • 4.6×in West Virginia

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 282% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1923

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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 27 recorded years as a table
Ledger, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19235
19267
19274
20025
20037
20046
20053
200610
200712
200830
200948
201039
201137
201246
201390
201493
201583
201685
2017115
2018147
2019151
2020246
2021278
2022274
2023303
2024353
2025317

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. West Virginia 4.6×
  2. Iowa 4.5×
  3. Nebraska 4.0×
  4. Utah 3.9×
  5. Oklahoma 3.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
541
Rank in 2025
#553
How rare
1 in 3,157 boys
Since 1923
4,970

Most popular in 2024, at 353 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 282% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia4.6×28
Iowa4.5×60
Nebraska4.0×34
Utah3.9×73
Oklahoma3.6×61

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