Ever

Boy · recorded 1916–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.3 to 1)

  • #1,196in 2025
  • 1 in 10,106boys in 2025
  • +28%last ten years
  • 1.9×in New Jersey

Most popular in 2023, and up 28% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

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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 54 recorded years as a table
Ever, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19424
19563
19723
19764
19773
19783
19797
19805
19813
19826
19836
19848
198511
19869
198712
198813
198919
199019
199123
199226
199328
199428
199526
199629
199734
199830
199936
200041
200152
200250
200359
200463
200574
200672
200775
200886
200974
201061
201171
201267
201364
201473
201577
201671
201771
201866
201989
202090
202195
2022100
2023120
2024118
202599

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. New Jersey 1.9×
  2. North Carolina 1.8×
  3. Texas 1.5×
  4. California 1.4×
  5. New York 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
169
Rank in 2025
#1,196
How rare
1 in 10,106 boys
Since 1916
4,463

Most popular in 2023, at 120 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 28% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey1.9×25
North Carolina1.8×31
Texas1.5×87
California1.4×86
New York1.3×38

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