Pete · Shortlist Together

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 146 recorded years as a table

Pete, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	453
1881	566
1882	528
1883	411
1884	708
1885	519
1886	487
1887	463
1888	679
1889	543
1890	540
1891	524
1892	606
1893	570
1894	587
1895	562
1896	527
1897	674
1898	432
1899	697
1900	771
1901	742
1902	611
1903	579
1904	554
1905	650
1906	601
1907	831
1908	849
1909	732
1910	803
1911	633
1912	612
1913	663
1914	660
1915	626
1916	654
1917	690
1918	630
1919	641
1920	598
1921	606
1922	592
1923	568
1924	554
1925	579
1926	579
1927	532
1928	554
1929	543
1930	527
1931	569
1932	508
1933	518
1934	583
1935	565
1936	539
1937	478
1938	463
1939	491
1940	443
1941	435
1942	406
1943	448
1944	476
1945	429
1946	421
1947	403
1948	373
1949	327
1950	313
1951	285
1952	259
1953	269
1954	243
1955	267
1956	271
1957	302
1958	357
1959	359
1960	355
1961	327
1962	304
1963	300
1964	276
1965	241
1966	218
1967	217
1968	205
1969	191
1970	201
1971	204
1972	193
1973	179
1974	170
1975	165
1976	166
1977	159
1978	128
1979	156
1980	123
1981	132
1982	115
1983	115
1984	108
1985	98
1986	101
1987	92
1988	94
1989	89
1990	82
1991	83
1992	64
1993	75
1994	67
1995	62
1996	67
1997	64
1998	64
1999	57
2000	50
2001	46
2002	50
2003	48
2004	43
2005	40
2006	43
2007	43
2008	43
2009	41
2010	34
2011	35
2012	34
2013	33
2014	36
2015	32
2016	26
2017	30
2018	33
2019	25
2020	30
2021	33
2022	32
2023	32
2024	23
2025	34

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Texas 2.2×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 58
Rank in 2025: #2,363
How rare: 1 in 29,449 boys
Since 1880: 43,530

Most popular in 1908, at 849 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 5% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	2.2×	34

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