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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1942

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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 82 recorded years as a table

Alain, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1942	4
1944	4
1946	5
1947	7
1948	7
1949	6
1950	11
1951	7
1952	3
1953	11
1954	7
1955	7
1956	11
1957	11
1958	10
1959	12
1960	14
1961	11
1962	17
1963	18
1964	24
1965	17
1966	18
1967	26
1968	20
1969	23
1970	23
1971	26
1972	26
1973	25
1974	29
1975	32
1976	42
1977	29
1978	26
1979	21
1980	27
1981	29
1982	38
1983	39
1984	41
1985	45
1986	43
1987	48
1988	48
1989	40
1990	37
1991	39
1992	36
1993	41
1994	26
1995	36
1996	33
1997	36
1998	31
1999	31
2000	27
2001	34
2002	32
2003	41
2004	30
2005	36
2006	36
2007	33
2008	30
2009	29
2010	28
2011	33
2012	34
2013	39
2014	27
2015	30
2016	29
2017	30
2018	34
2019	27
2020	28
2021	27
2022	28
2023	30
2024	21
2025	26

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 2.1×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 44
Rank in 2025: #2,833
How rare: 1 in 38,819 boys
Since 1942: 3,980

Most popular in 1988, at 48 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 13% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	2.1×	28

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