Metro

Boy · recorded 1908–1958

  • 1958last recorded
  • 1911best year

Most popular in 1911.

Last recorded in 1958. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Metro.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1908

0275319081921193319461958

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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
Metro, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190832
191153
191216
191337
191435
191541
191633
191744
191835
191949
192030
192124
192224
192326
192415
19259
192619
192710
192814
19305
19319
19326
19336
19385
19424
19444
19465
19503
19513
19552
19574
19583

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Metro 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1958
6
Rank in 1958
#3,559
How rare
1 in 353,734 boys
Since 1908
522

Metro was last recorded in 1958. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1911, at 53 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Metro doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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