Child

Boy · recorded 2010–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 2012best year

Most popular in 2012.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 2010

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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 3 recorded years as a table
Child, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20104
201115
201222

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Child 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
42
Rank in 2012
#2,811
How rare
1 in 45,165 boys
Since 2010
78

Child was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2012, at 22 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Child doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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