Praise

Boy · recorded 2001–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.2 to 1)

  • #2,421in 2025
  • 1 in 30,501boys in 2025
  • +133%last ten years

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 133% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 2001

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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 23 recorded years as a table
Praise, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20014
20023
20046
20064
20074
20086
20094
20107
20117
20126
20137
20149
201514
201611
201715
201814
201913
202012
202110
202215
202315
202413
202533

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Praise 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 2025
56
Rank in 2025
#2,421
How rare
1 in 30,501 boys
Since 2001
426

Most popular in 2025, at 33 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 133% per million boys born.

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