Denim

Boy · recorded 1973–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.7 to 1)

  • #880in 2025
  • 1 in 6,302boys in 2025
  • +210%last ten years
  • 7.8×in Louisiana

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 210% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1973

08015919731986199920122025

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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 42 recorded years as a table
Denim, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19733
19753
19773
19784
19793
19803
19813
19893
19913
19923
19945
19956
19963
19974
19984
19995
20004
20017
200227
200328
200434
200531
200636
200734
200833
200940
201045
201122
201238
201351
201449
201551
201662
201777
201875
201972
202071
202189
202288
202391
2024113
2025159

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Louisiana 7.8×
  2. Georgia 4.1×
  3. Illinois 2.0×
  4. Florida 1.2×
  5. Texas 0.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
271
Rank in 2025
#880
How rare
1 in 6,302 boys
Since 1973
2,721

Most popular in 2025, at 159 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 210% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Louisiana7.8×56
Georgia4.1×75
Illinois2.0×36
Florida1.2×43
Texas0.9×58

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