Howard

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,002in 2025
  • 1 in 7,557boys in 2025
  • +31%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Wisconsin

Most popular in 1912, and up 31% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,7367,47118801916195319892025

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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
Howard, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18803,231
18813,564
18823,712
18834,100
18843,775
18854,063
18864,215
18874,230
18884,245
18894,549
18904,513
18914,793
18924,491
18934,950
18945,286
18955,460
18965,662
18975,623
18985,755
18995,546
19005,177
19015,485
19025,152
19035,334
19045,666
19055,555
19066,031
19075,959
19086,985
19097,110
19106,740
19116,492
19127,471
19137,146
19146,857
19157,192
19166,933
19176,926
19186,836
19196,982
19207,015
19217,003
19226,705
19236,529
19246,507
19256,428
19266,156
19276,062
19285,865
19295,588
19305,778
19315,409
19325,068
19335,038
19344,908
19354,773
19364,699
19374,406
19384,524
19394,168
19404,162
19414,125
19424,034
19434,021
19443,687
19453,543
19463,506
19473,313
19483,133
19492,979
19502,884
19512,713
19522,698
19532,528
19542,420
19552,304
19562,225
19572,139
19582,056
19591,868
19601,795
19611,681
19621,584
19631,556
19641,535
19651,440
19661,428
19671,310
19681,241
19691,200
19701,074
19711,039
1972921
1973866
1974768
1975747
1976658
1977619
1978582
1979538
1980519
1981477
1982438
1983406
1984373
1985366
1986326
1987335
1988321
1989279
1990278
1991245
1992232
1993212
1994194
1995188
1996161
1997172
1998173
1999144
2000137
2001149
2002137
2003131
2004118
2005115
2006118
2007116
2008112
2009109
2010119
2011109
2012107
2013103
2014110
2015101
2016127
2017110
2018117
2019120
2020112
2021138
2022119
2023128
2024120
2025132

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Wisconsin 3.1×
  2. Minnesota 3.0×
  3. Michigan 1.8×
  4. Ohio 1.4×
  5. California 0.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
226
Rank in 2025
#1,002
How rare
1 in 7,557 boys
Since 1880
346,666

Most popular in 1912, at 7,471 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 31% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Wisconsin3.1×28
Minnesota3.0×28
Michigan1.8×27
Ohio1.4×27
California0.8×54

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