Baby · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

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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 84 recorded years as a table

Baby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1919	5
1920	6
1921	6
1922	8
1923	9
1924	10
1925	11
1926	10
1927	10
1928	8
1929	14
1930	10
1931	12
1932	6
1933	12
1934	8
1935	5
1936	10
1937	6
1938	6
1944	4
1947	3
1948	3
1949	3
1950	3
1952	5
1953	3
1956	2
1970	6
1971	7
1972	8
1973	15
1974	13
1975	23
1976	24
1977	11
1978	12
1979	14
1980	12
1981	25
1982	35
1983	30
1984	49
1985	49
1986	56
1987	74
1988	89
1989	133
1990	132
1991	155
1992	167
1993	169
1994	193
1995	175
1996	139
1997	127
1998	118
1999	139
2000	143
2001	138
2002	117
2003	124
2004	114
2005	93
2006	17
2007	9
2008	10
2009	9
2010	11
2011	8
2012	11
2013	10
2014	7
2015	7
2016	10
2017	18
2018	20
2019	22
2020	17
2021	21
2022	28
2023	18
2024	13
2025	8

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Baby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 14
Rank in 2025: #6,143
How rare: 1 in 122,005 boys
Since 1919: 6,374

Most popular in 1994, at 193 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 21% per million boys born.

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