Mark

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #244in 2025
  • 1 in 1,206boys in 2025
  • −24%last ten years
  • 2.0×in Washington

Most popular in 1960. Quieter now: down 24% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

013,77127,54118801916195319892025

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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
Mark, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880769
1881933
1882792
1883870
1884839
1885686
1886957
1887749
1888952
1889913
1890748
1891850
1892705
1893819
1894726
1895869
1896995
1897922
1898880
1899838
1900910
1901864
1902848
1903679
1904882
1905710
1906638
1907661
1908434
1909616
1910675
1911628
1912661
1913681
1914590
1915623
1916642
1917571
1918619
1919599
1920553
1921568
1922613
1923601
1924593
1925583
1926632
1927622
1928589
1929536
1930539
1931639
1932686
1933699
1934680
1935757
1936686
1937758
1938813
1939783
19401,005
19411,322
19421,476
19431,766
19442,012
19452,634
19463,283
19474,248
19485,851
19497,737
19509,275
195111,260
195213,211
195314,877
195417,755
195520,513
195623,083
195724,495
195824,829
195926,678
196027,541
196127,208
196225,870
196324,294
196422,713
196520,560
196619,513
196720,019
196820,369
196918,672
197016,931
197114,211
197213,252
197313,068
197412,024
197510,723
19769,884
19779,383
19789,045
19798,356
19807,942
19817,560
19827,641
19837,707
19847,321
19857,139
19866,850
19876,424
19886,120
19895,657
19905,204
19914,793
19924,378
19934,109
19943,876
19953,618
19963,484
19973,270
19983,083
19992,920
20002,663
20012,447
20022,175
20032,042
20041,899
20051,767
20061,582
20071,432
20081,429
20091,300
20101,259
20111,281
20121,162
20131,169
20141,142
20151,084
20161,089
20171,052
20181,032
2019939
2020899
2021805
2022821
2023819
2024840
2025829

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Washington 2.0×
  2. Illinois 1.9×
  3. New Jersey 1.5×
  4. New York 1.5×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,416
Rank in 2025
#244
How rare
1 in 1,206 boys
Since 1880
1,362,176

Most popular in 1960, at 27,541 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 24% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Washington2.0×164
Illinois1.9×233
New Jersey1.5×149
New York1.5×310
Pennsylvania1.5×189

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