Branch · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1889

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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 60 recorded years as a table

Branch, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1889	63
1914	9
1915	12
1917	6
1918	7
1920	11
1921	7
1922	8
1923	16
1925	10
1932	6
1933	5
1935	5
1936	8
1938	5
1939	5
1946	6
1947	4
1949	5
1952	4
1953	4
1955	2
1960	3
1962	3
1963	4
1966	4
1967	3
1980	3
1981	4
1982	4
1985	3
1987	3
1989	2
1990	2
1995	4
1996	4
1997	3
1998	3
2000	4
2003	3
2004	3
2005	4
2006	2
2009	4
2010	3
2011	4
2012	7
2013	8
2014	13
2015	20
2016	39
2017	38
2018	51
2019	45
2020	45
2021	45
2022	33
2023	27
2024	21
2025	19

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Branch 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: 33
Rank in 2025: #3,450
How rare: 1 in 51,759 boys
Since 1889: 1,063

Most popular in 1889, at 63 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 3% per million boys born.

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