Male

Boy · recorded 1963–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1991best year

Most popular in 1991.

Last recorded in 2015. 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 Male.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1963

05511019631976198920022015

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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 34 recorded years as a table
Male, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19632
19683
19693
19813
19844
19853
19867
198719
198835
198917
1990103
1991110
199252
199364
199468
199555
199623
199714
199813
199912
200016
200111
200211
20038
20043
20056
20063
20084
201010
20119
201219
201326
201433
20159

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Male 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 2015
18
Rank in 2015
#5,058
How rare
1 in 106,485 boys
Since 1963
1,530

Male was last recorded in 2015. 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 1991, at 110 per million boys born.

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

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