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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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

Davis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	154
1881	129
1882	79
1883	105
1884	96
1885	195
1886	162
1887	118
1888	157
1889	190
1890	180
1891	158
1892	164
1893	142
1894	104
1895	119
1896	176
1897	98
1898	114
1899	113
1900	133
1901	272
1902	65
1903	185
1904	187
1905	159
1906	248
1907	129
1908	130
1909	116
1910	206
1911	137
1912	109
1913	105
1914	122
1915	123
1916	129
1917	123
1918	131
1919	153
1920	110
1921	129
1922	129
1923	114
1924	154
1925	125
1926	110
1927	126
1928	122
1929	102
1930	99
1931	115
1932	108
1933	97
1934	113
1935	100
1936	118
1937	110
1938	110
1939	103
1940	102
1941	88
1942	88
1943	91
1944	69
1945	93
1946	90
1947	80
1948	91
1949	87
1950	70
1951	76
1952	73
1953	65
1954	71
1955	73
1956	65
1957	57
1958	65
1959	65
1960	63
1961	65
1962	54
1963	61
1964	54
1965	63
1966	61
1967	66
1968	57
1969	54
1970	71
1971	67
1972	59
1973	64
1974	54
1975	64
1976	73
1977	69
1978	75
1979	78
1980	78
1981	90
1982	95
1983	88
1984	99
1985	98
1986	130
1987	134
1988	142
1989	145
1990	137
1991	147
1992	196
1993	233
1994	281
1995	294
1996	299
1997	342
1998	354
1999	367
2000	347
2001	377
2002	344
2003	356
2004	374
2005	365
2006	356
2007	364
2008	355
2009	335
2010	342
2011	331
2012	361
2013	343
2014	347
2015	328
2016	327
2017	317
2018	309
2019	295
2020	296
2021	290
2022	253
2023	267
2024	251
2025	239

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Alabama 3.5×
Mississippi 3.1×
South Carolina 2.9×
North Carolina 2.9×
Georgia 2.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 409
Rank in 2025: #668
How rare: 1 in 4,176 boys
Since 1880: 32,076

Most popular in 2001, at 377 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 27% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Alabama	3.5×	58
Mississippi	3.1×	26
South Carolina	2.9×	46
North Carolina	2.9×	111
Georgia	2.3×	89

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