Love · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

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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 104 recorded years as a table

Love, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	44
1884	70
1885	65
1886	81
1887	69
1888	74
1889	54
1890	108
1891	49
1893	45
1894	69
1895	43
1898	49
1900	47
1902	73
1904	39
1905	53
1906	60
1907	41
1908	45
1909	61
1910	41
1911	49
1912	12
1913	10
1914	26
1915	16
1916	17
1917	15
1918	11
1919	15
1920	11
1921	12
1922	16
1923	12
1924	16
1925	10
1926	10
1927	8
1928	14
1929	8
1930	8
1931	12
1932	11
1934	10
1935	9
1937	6
1938	10
1939	9
1941	6
1942	4
1943	4
1944	6
1947	3
1949	4
1950	4
1951	6
1954	2
1959	2
1965	3
1971	4
1972	3
1973	4
1974	6
1975	7
1976	4
1978	4
1979	4
1983	3
1985	3
1986	3
1988	3
1989	3
1991	4
1992	3
1993	4
1994	4
1995	3
1996	4
1998	4
1999	5
2000	3
2001	5
2002	3
2003	5
2004	5
2005	6
2006	3
2007	6
2008	2
2010	6
2012	5
2014	7
2015	5
2016	3
2017	5
2018	5
2019	7
2020	8
2021	12
2022	18
2023	16
2024	15
2025	12

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Love 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 21
Rank in 2025: #4,707
How rare: 1 in 81,336 boys
Since 1882: 988

Most popular in 1890, at 108 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 136% per million boys born.

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