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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

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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 106 recorded years as a table

Les, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1900	33
1913	21
1914	12
1917	9
1918	7
1920	8
1921	14
1922	10
1923	7
1925	6
1926	8
1928	11
1930	10
1931	8
1932	11
1933	11
1934	15
1935	15
1936	17
1937	24
1938	16
1939	15
1940	32
1941	24
1942	24
1943	43
1944	40
1945	37
1946	46
1947	50
1948	40
1949	28
1950	16
1951	18
1952	15
1953	20
1954	20
1955	29
1956	53
1957	58
1958	76
1959	75
1960	81
1961	86
1962	61
1963	60
1964	53
1965	49
1966	47
1967	41
1968	36
1969	32
1970	29
1971	27
1972	15
1973	19
1974	17
1975	16
1976	19
1977	19
1978	12
1979	10
1980	12
1981	12
1982	10
1983	11
1984	8
1985	12
1986	8
1987	4
1988	14
1989	8
1990	6
1991	5
1992	5
1993	3
1994	3
1995	6
1996	3
1998	5
1999	3
2000	7
2001	3
2003	4
2004	4
2005	3
2006	3
2007	3
2008	4
2009	5
2010	4
2011	6
2012	3
2013	4
2014	4
2015	5
2016	7
2017	6
2018	4
2019	7
2020	6
2021	3
2022	5
2023	4
2024	3
2025	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Les isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Les

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 11
Rank in 2025: #7,194
How rare: 1 in 155,279 boys
Since 1900: 3,448

Most popular in 1961, at 86 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 23% per million boys born.

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