Lyric

Boy · recorded 1928–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.4 to 1)

  • #1,388in 2025
  • 1 in 12,939boys in 2025
  • −40%last ten years

Most popular in 2013.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1928

07314519281952197720012025

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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 32 recorded years as a table
Lyric, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19285
19956
199610
199712
199816
199914
200015
200112
200224
200320
200426
200532
200674
2007100
2008106
2009120
2010138
2011130
2012140
2013145
2014134
2015129
2016113
2017120
2018124
2019109
2020132
2021114
2022119
2023102
202480
202577

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. California 1.1×
  2. Texas 0.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
132
Rank in 2025
#1,388
How rare
1 in 12,939 boys
Since 1928
4,677

Most popular in 2013, at 145 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 40% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.1×50
Texas0.6×29

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