Mendel

Boy · recorded 1912–2025

  • #1,837in 2025
  • 1 in 19,861boys in 2025
  • +22%last ten years
  • 16.7×in New York

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 22% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0336619121940196919972025

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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 110 recorded years as a table
Mendel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191216
191314
191420
191519
191611
191714
191810
191911
19208
19215
192213
192311
192411
192512
19267
19288
19299
19305
19319
19326
193310
19348
19357
19365
19376
19385
19397
19414
19439
19447
19454
19474
19486
19496
19507
19517
195210
19535
195412
195510
195613
195712
195812
195911
19608
19618
19623
19633
19643
19655
19663
19676
19686
19698
19707
197110
19728
197310
197410
197515
197615
197712
197811
197910
19809
19817
19826
19838
198411
19858
19868
198712
19886
198912
199013
19919
199210
199311
199413
199515
199624
199715
199817
199921
200018
200119
200225
200317
200422
200522
200627
200727
200826
200936
201036
201128
201239
201333
201438
201541
201632
201738
201831
201943
202049
202153
202239
202361
202466
202550

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. New York 16.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
86
Rank in 2025
#1,837
How rare
1 in 19,861 boys
Since 1912
2,942

Most popular in 2024, at 66 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 22% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York16.7×253

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