Rain

Boy · recorded 1971–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.0 to 1)

  • #1,743in 2025
  • 1 in 18,366boys in 2025
  • +207%last ten years

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 207% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

0305919711985199820122025

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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 38 recorded years as a table
Rain, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19715
19883
19906
19912
19924
19934
19945
19956
199611
199712
19989
19999
200011
20018
200212
20039
20046
20056
200612
200718
200818
200918
201015
201118
201220
201312
201418
201518
201617
201725
201823
201920
202032
202134
202250
202339
202459
202554

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. California 1.3×
  2. Texas 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
93
Rank in 2025
#1,743
How rare
1 in 18,366 boys
Since 1971
1,188

Most popular in 2024, at 59 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 207% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.3×35
Texas1.0×28

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