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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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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 145 recorded years as a table

Reed, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1881	79
1882	79
1883	67
1884	79
1885	56
1886	45
1887	49
1888	124
1889	109
1890	117
1891	99
1892	123
1893	98
1894	104
1895	162
1896	134
1897	106
1898	163
1899	85
1900	93
1901	103
1902	171
1903	176
1904	133
1905	151
1906	143
1907	123
1908	117
1909	98
1910	154
1911	128
1912	100
1913	131
1914	101
1915	119
1916	112
1917	137
1918	121
1919	106
1920	116
1921	129
1922	125
1923	109
1924	95
1925	102
1926	130
1927	97
1928	108
1929	104
1930	96
1931	104
1932	85
1933	87
1934	84
1935	77
1936	75
1937	63
1938	88
1939	66
1940	79
1941	78
1942	95
1943	78
1944	80
1945	83
1946	83
1947	87
1948	98
1949	151
1950	114
1951	128
1952	129
1953	133
1954	124
1955	131
1956	133
1957	131
1958	119
1959	92
1960	101
1961	84
1962	95
1963	82
1964	93
1965	84
1966	86
1967	85
1968	82
1969	86
1970	93
1971	73
1972	75
1973	87
1974	93
1975	83
1976	90
1977	88
1978	116
1979	82
1980	111
1981	109
1982	120
1983	115
1984	113
1985	124
1986	127
1987	129
1988	133
1989	113
1990	116
1991	137
1992	184
1993	223
1994	263
1995	289
1996	281
1997	267
1998	274
1999	291
2000	269
2001	258
2002	241
2003	242
2004	259
2005	265
2006	276
2007	297
2008	356
2009	346
2010	396
2011	426
2012	431
2013	546
2014	571
2015	545
2016	507
2017	466
2018	471
2019	433
2020	383
2021	423
2022	445
2023	424
2024	434
2025	451

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Kentucky 3.6×
Idaho 2.3×
Oklahoma 2.3×
Louisiana 2.2×
Utah 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 770
Rank in 2025: #417
How rare: 1 in 2,218 boys
Since 1881: 36,056

Most popular in 2014, at 571 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 17% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Kentucky	3.6×	96
Idaho	2.3×	25
Oklahoma	2.3×	52
Louisiana	2.2×	57
Utah	2.1×	52

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