Lake

Boy · recorded 1891–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.7 to 1)

  • #2,056in 2025
  • 1 in 23,723boys in 2025
  • +24%last ten years

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 24% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1891

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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 105 recorded years as a table
Lake, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189149
189249
189947
191026
191131
191216
191414
191514
191618
191717
191817
191922
192027
192114
192213
192314
19249
192511
192614
192713
192813
19298
193014
193112
19328
19339
19349
193511
19369
19375
193912
19409
19415
19425
19434
19456
19467
19474
19483
19495
19507
19513
19524
19535
19563
19574
19594
19603
19613
19643
19654
19664
19683
19716
19724
19749
19754
19764
19774
19785
19793
19804
19814
19847
19858
19867
19878
19887
19896
199011
199112
19929
199315
199420
199543
199645
199741
199840
199929
200028
200126
200232
200331
200426
200533
200636
200732
200833
200939
201034
201127
201228
201324
201427
201534
201633
201740
201838
201946
202046
202150
202257
202352
202461
202542

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Texas 0.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
72
Rank in 2025
#2,056
How rare
1 in 23,723 boys
Since 1891
2,987

Most popular in 2024, at 61 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 24% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Texas0.9×25

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