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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 141 recorded years as a table

Duke, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	63
1881	50
1883	48
1884	44
1886	45
1888	66
1890	63
1891	49
1892	49
1893	53
1894	43
1895	60
1896	42
1897	80
1898	73
1899	75
1900	73
1901	47
1902	57
1904	62
1905	45
1906	38
1907	34
1908	84
1909	67
1910	67
1911	66
1912	47
1913	37
1914	26
1915	41
1916	42
1917	43
1918	38
1919	42
1920	31
1921	28
1922	38
1923	25
1924	31
1925	40
1926	39
1927	40
1928	36
1929	20
1930	30
1931	38
1932	18
1933	31
1934	27
1935	21
1936	37
1937	43
1938	41
1939	37
1940	39
1941	37
1942	30
1943	32
1944	21
1945	26
1946	26
1947	26
1948	34
1949	21
1950	34
1951	26
1952	25
1953	27
1954	37
1955	41
1956	50
1957	50
1958	42
1959	50
1960	45
1961	32
1962	37
1963	49
1964	45
1965	38
1966	47
1967	42
1968	36
1969	42
1970	42
1971	42
1972	35
1973	40
1974	33
1975	28
1976	27
1977	22
1978	22
1979	41
1980	26
1981	23
1982	24
1983	25
1984	20
1985	20
1986	18
1987	30
1988	33
1989	25
1990	29
1991	21
1992	33
1993	38
1994	33
1995	29
1996	23
1997	31
1998	26
1999	28
2000	28
2001	27
2002	30
2003	37
2004	31
2005	38
2006	43
2007	46
2008	51
2009	45
2010	73
2011	77
2012	84
2013	171
2014	200
2015	237
2016	271
2017	283
2018	291
2019	291
2020	246
2021	239
2022	231
2023	231
2024	221
2025	228

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Hawaii 16.0×
Utah 3.3×
Minnesota 2.0×
Colorado 1.8×
Missouri 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 390
Rank in 2025: #695
How rare: 1 in 4,379 boys
Since 1880: 11,595

Most popular in 2018, at 291 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 4% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Hawaii	16.0×	32
Utah	3.3×	43
Minnesota	2.0×	33
Colorado	1.8×	32
Missouri	1.7×	31

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