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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 141 recorded years as a table

Mac, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	63
1881	69
1883	48
1886	45
1887	49
1888	91
1889	45
1890	54
1891	49
1892	49
1893	45
1894	52
1896	100
1897	62
1898	49
1900	80
1901	85
1902	65
1903	42
1904	125
1905	53
1906	165
1907	143
1908	78
1909	98
1910	82
1911	97
1912	84
1913	66
1914	66
1915	77
1916	62
1917	82
1918	74
1919	79
1920	70
1921	64
1922	56
1923	69
1924	60
1925	68
1926	55
1927	64
1928	49
1929	61
1930	61
1931	70
1932	67
1933	76
1934	83
1935	65
1936	73
1937	66
1938	69
1939	80
1940	63
1941	65
1942	288
1943	167
1944	145
1945	106
1946	92
1947	75
1948	60
1949	60
1950	68
1951	67
1952	59
1953	45
1954	41
1955	45
1956	33
1957	36
1958	41
1959	32
1960	32
1961	30
1962	33
1963	29
1964	23
1965	39
1966	29
1967	27
1968	21
1969	18
1970	31
1971	18
1972	27
1973	36
1974	45
1975	67
1976	57
1977	41
1978	37
1979	39
1980	31
1981	26
1982	18
1983	15
1984	22
1985	21
1986	15
1987	20
1988	22
1989	18
1990	23
1991	21
1992	21
1993	18
1994	20
1995	19
1996	23
1997	20
1998	21
1999	30
2000	30
2001	29
2002	35
2003	34
2004	27
2005	27
2006	37
2007	41
2008	42
2009	50
2010	60
2011	58
2012	77
2013	84
2014	85
2015	92
2016	92
2017	100
2018	113
2019	142
2020	137
2021	229
2022	266
2023	244
2024	226
2025	228

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Utah 2.9×
Massachusetts 2.7×
Minnesota 2.4×
Alabama 2.0×
Illinois 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 390
Rank in 2025: #695
How rare: 1 in 4,379 boys
Since 1880: 11,397

Most popular in 1942, at 288 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 147% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Utah	2.9×	39
Massachusetts	2.7×	51
Minnesota	2.4×	40
Alabama	2.0×	30
Illinois	1.7×	59

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