True

Boy · recorded 1882–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.3 to 1)

  • #1,046in 2025
  • 1 in 8,095boys in 2025
  • +315%last ten years
  • 2.9×in Georgia

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 315% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

06713318821918195419892025

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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 64 recorded years as a table
True, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188244
189560
189841
191411
19156
19166
19179
191811
19198
19209
19215
19225
19239
19245
19259
19265
19278
19464
19473
19503
19734
19803
19813
19824
19843
19873
19883
19892
19902
19914
19923
19936
199410
199510
19969
19978
199814
199914
200013
200117
20028
200312
200412
200513
20069
200722
200820
200918
201021
201115
201228
201326
201432
201530
201624
201732
201853
201984
202096
2021110
2022109
2023131
2024133
2025124

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Georgia 2.9×
  2. Maryland 2.8×
  3. Illinois 1.6×
  4. North Carolina 1.5×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
211
Rank in 2025
#1,046
How rare
1 in 8,095 boys
Since 1882
2,479

Most popular in 2024, at 133 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 315% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Georgia2.9×56
Maryland2.8×25
Illinois1.6×31
North Carolina1.5×29
Pennsylvania1.3×26

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