Will

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,193in 2025
  • 1 in 10,047boys in 2025
  • −29%last ten years
  • 5.8×in Utah

Most popular in 1882. Quieter now: down 29% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,9295,85818801916195319892025

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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
Will, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18805,322
18815,460
18825,858
18835,505
18845,680
18855,798
18865,795
18875,532
18885,850
18895,706
18905,521
18915,139
18924,974
18934,790
18944,829
18954,131
18964,249
18974,354
18983,872
18993,898
19004,007
19013,419
19022,927
19032,457
19042,240
19052,162
19061,900
19071,771
19081,775
19091,628
19101,431
19111,018
1912595
1913546
1914487
1915427
1916407
1917366
1918358
1919381
1920346
1921339
1922329
1923338
1924313
1925329
1926300
1927266
1928292
1929258
1930236
1931228
1932232
1933226
1934208
1935293
1936225
1937216
1938208
1939204
1940180
1941184
1942160
1943144
1944172
1945142
1946127
1947114
1948136
1949124
1950125
1951101
1952109
1953106
1954102
195577
195691
1957101
195886
195997
1960106
1961106
196297
1963119
1964118
1965105
1966115
196796
1968123
1969107
1970124
1971117
1972114
1973133
1974142
1975143
1976143
1977138
1978141
1979159
1980152
1981130
1982144
1983124
1984113
1985109
1986111
1987125
1988126
1989138
1990141
1991146
1992126
1993137
1994128
1995140
1996148
1997142
1998177
1999220
2000228
2001200
2002208
2003219
2004228
2005252
2006230
2007220
2008212
2009230
2010206
2011188
2012186
2013167
2014163
2015141
2016146
2017129
2018133
2019121
2020136
2021114
2022102
2023108
202489
2025100

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Utah 5.8×
  2. Pennsylvania 1.6×
  3. California 0.9×
  4. Texas 0.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
170
Rank in 2025
#1,193
How rare
1 in 10,047 boys
Since 1880
45,952

Most popular in 1882, at 5,858 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million boys born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah5.8×33
Pennsylvania1.6×25
California0.9×48
Texas0.5×28

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