Max

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #180in 2025
  • 1 in 843boys in 2025
  • −34%last ten years
  • 4.7×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 2011. Quieter now: down 34% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,0422,08318801916195319892025

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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
Max, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880471
1881655
1882651
1883717
1884699
1885659
1886659
1887720
1888976
1889751
1890892
1891899
1892778
1893953
1894855
1895809
18961,213
18971,082
18981,076
18991,196
1900937
19011,033
19021,084
1903923
19041,046
19051,058
19061,172
19071,342
19081,413
19091,390
19101,426
19111,593
19121,707
19131,750
19141,770
19151,690
19161,677
19171,633
19181,516
19191,488
19201,467
19211,415
19221,395
19231,314
19241,233
19251,241
19261,129
19271,089
19281,268
19291,242
19301,076
19311,138
19321,105
19331,134
19341,293
19351,232
19361,203
19371,037
19381,049
1939884
1940821
1941758
1942703
1943613
1944572
1945597
1946518
1947475
1948423
1949429
1950422
1951428
1952393
1953368
1954364
1955351
1956354
1957343
1958347
1959324
1960314
1961307
1962277
1963270
1964263
1965227
1966251
1967227
1968238
1969210
1970262
1971231
1972241
1973278
1974263
1975266
1976261
1977245
1978252
1979265
1980272
1981280
1982255
1983296
1984350
1985412
1986501
1987778
1988724
1989803
1990872
1991905
1992940
1993963
1994841
1995822
1996786
1997901
19981,129
19991,196
20001,199
20011,237
20021,194
20031,245
20041,250
20051,249
20061,286
20071,389
20081,653
20091,995
20102,006
20112,083
20121,949
20131,861
20141,821
20151,785
20161,804
20171,699
20181,585
20191,535
20201,440
20211,378
20221,368
20231,289
20241,234
20251,186

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. District of Columbia 4.7×
  2. Alaska 3.0×
  3. North Dakota 2.2×
  4. Montana 2.1×
  5. Connecticut 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,025
Rank in 2025
#180
How rare
1 in 843 boys
Since 1880
167,458

Most popular in 2011, at 2,083 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 34% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia4.7×48
Alaska3.0×26
North Dakota2.2×28
Montana2.1×28
Connecticut2.1×101

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