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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 145 recorded years as a table

Mervin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	54
1881	79
1882	53
1883	67
1884	122
1885	111
1886	72
1887	89
1888	66
1889	81
1890	90
1891	79
1892	82
1893	89
1895	119
1896	59
1897	124
1898	106
1899	75
1900	126
1901	94
1902	90
1903	67
1904	78
1905	106
1906	158
1907	143
1908	97
1909	122
1910	124
1911	168
1912	167
1913	187
1914	182
1915	192
1916	193
1917	218
1918	190
1919	214
1920	234
1921	196
1922	203
1923	218
1924	186
1925	178
1926	205
1927	196
1928	197
1929	199
1930	179
1931	174
1932	192
1933	169
1934	162
1935	195
1936	189
1937	180
1938	155
1939	147
1940	129
1941	141
1942	132
1943	112
1944	117
1945	78
1946	89
1947	73
1948	74
1949	69
1950	80
1951	67
1952	51
1953	62
1954	50
1955	52
1956	52
1957	55
1958	50
1959	46
1960	51
1961	53
1962	50
1963	54
1964	45
1965	48
1966	41
1967	50
1968	37
1969	45
1970	46
1971	36
1972	38
1973	33
1974	39
1975	39
1976	31
1977	36
1978	32
1979	33
1980	26
1981	39
1982	30
1983	28
1984	33
1985	25
1986	32
1987	32
1988	28
1989	26
1990	32
1991	35
1992	36
1993	36
1994	27
1995	25
1996	24
1997	34
1998	36
1999	26
2000	25
2001	31
2002	24
2003	28
2004	26
2005	26
2006	32
2007	26
2008	28
2009	31
2010	32
2011	24
2012	30
2013	23
2014	25
2015	26
2016	28
2017	28
2018	24
2019	22
2020	34
2021	26
2022	25
2023	36
2024	34
2025	34

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Pennsylvania 11.1×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 58
Rank in 2025: #2,363
How rare: 1 in 29,449 boys
Since 1880: 12,322

Most popular in 1920, at 234 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 30% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Pennsylvania	11.1×	60

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