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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 142 recorded years as a table

Hershel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	45
1882	53
1883	67
1884	70
1885	46
1888	58
1889	81
1890	45
1892	66
1893	71
1894	43
1895	77
1896	92
1897	80
1898	82
1899	75
1900	86
1901	141
1902	163
1903	143
1904	156
1905	174
1906	188
1907	163
1908	149
1909	134
1910	129
1911	137
1912	142
1913	166
1914	150
1915	166
1916	172
1917	158
1918	180
1919	210
1920	182
1921	193
1922	186
1923	190
1924	200
1925	161
1926	194
1927	179
1928	163
1929	196
1930	182
1931	165
1932	198
1933	164
1934	156
1935	173
1936	141
1937	166
1938	151
1939	165
1940	133
1941	143
1942	130
1943	97
1944	110
1945	94
1946	81
1947	69
1948	82
1949	64
1950	63
1951	66
1952	64
1953	57
1954	52
1955	48
1956	43
1957	42
1958	33
1959	34
1960	29
1961	40
1962	34
1963	33
1964	39
1965	31
1966	33
1967	26
1968	40
1969	32
1970	25
1971	26
1972	25
1973	29
1974	32
1975	26
1976	25
1977	21
1978	18
1979	23
1980	17
1981	16
1982	17
1983	20
1984	18
1985	17
1986	12
1987	20
1988	17
1989	12
1990	12
1991	18
1992	12
1993	13
1994	12
1995	15
1996	13
1997	20
1998	12
1999	8
2000	16
2001	12
2002	15
2003	17
2004	20
2005	26
2006	17
2007	20
2008	22
2009	15
2010	16
2011	25
2012	18
2013	21
2014	21
2015	26
2016	21
2017	21
2018	20
2019	17
2020	22
2021	18
2022	27
2023	30
2024	28
2025	28

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

New York 13.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 48
Rank in 2025: #2,676
How rare: 1 in 35,584 boys
Since 1880: 10,329

Most popular in 1919, at 210 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 10% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
New York	13.8×	103

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