Legend

Boy · recorded 1993–2025

  • #193in 2025
  • 1 in 917boys in 2025
  • +156%last ten years
  • 4.2×in Mississippi

Most popular in 2021, and up 156% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1993

09111,82119932001200920172025

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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 33 recorded years as a table
Legend, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19935
19946
199515
19969
19979
199811
199921
200015
200121
200221
200316
200423
200544
200632
200745
200880
200996
2010112
2011113
2012139
2013173
2014272
2015425
2016605
2017789
2018955
20191,437
20201,652
20211,821
20221,662
20231,464
20241,328
20251,090

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Mississippi 4.2×
  2. Delaware 3.6×
  3. District of Columbia 3.5×
  4. Hawaii 3.1×
  5. Louisiana 3.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,862
Rank in 2025
#193
How rare
1 in 917 boys
Since 1993
25,805

Most popular in 2021, at 1,821 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 156% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi4.2×181
Delaware3.6×41
District of Columbia3.5×38
Hawaii3.1×35
Louisiana3.1×234

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