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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

Ransom, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	45
1881	109
1882	141
1883	86
1884	105
1885	111
1886	117
1887	138
1888	83
1889	118
1890	144
1891	109
1892	115
1893	107
1894	112
1895	111
1896	117
1897	62
1898	65
1899	56
1900	80
1901	94
1902	114
1904	70
1905	60
1906	75
1907	41
1908	97
1909	98
1910	77
1911	58
1912	70
1913	62
1914	61
1915	72
1916	51
1917	50
1918	44
1919	50
1920	40
1921	44
1922	38
1923	40
1924	40
1925	32
1926	39
1927	34
1928	36
1929	41
1930	44
1931	26
1932	22
1933	39
1934	23
1935	24
1936	36
1937	32
1938	22
1939	28
1940	26
1941	30
1942	29
1943	25
1944	15
1945	18
1946	19
1947	16
1948	17
1949	19
1950	16
1951	15
1952	16
1953	14
1954	13
1955	14
1956	17
1957	13
1958	7
1959	11
1960	9
1961	11
1962	10
1963	12
1964	8
1965	9
1966	8
1967	15
1968	11
1969	10
1970	5
1971	13
1972	6
1973	8
1974	8
1975	8
1976	11
1977	10
1978	9
1979	11
1980	8
1981	12
1982	8
1983	9
1984	14
1985	16
1986	11
1987	15
1988	11
1989	12
1990	11
1991	12
1992	12
1993	14
1994	13
1995	20
1996	14
1997	24
1998	22
1999	18
2000	22
2001	14
2002	16
2003	15
2004	18
2005	26
2006	27
2007	29
2008	27
2009	34
2010	43
2011	37
2012	41
2013	51
2014	48
2015	54
2016	58
2017	54
2018	43
2019	41
2020	59
2021	58
2022	64
2023	61
2024	59
2025	57

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Texas 1.1×
California 0.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 97
Rank in 2025: #1,688
How rare: 1 in 17,609 boys
Since 1880: 4,859

Most popular in 1890, at 144 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 6% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	1.1×	36
California	0.8×	25

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