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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 104 recorded years as a table

Roswell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	45
1881	69
1882	70
1883	48
1884	44
1886	81
1891	198
1892	115
1894	86
1895	43
1896	50
1897	151
1898	57
1899	85
1901	47
1904	39
1905	45
1906	53
1907	41
1908	58
1910	36
1911	22
1912	51
1913	47
1914	43
1915	40
1916	31
1917	38
1918	44
1919	49
1920	39
1921	30
1922	30
1923	22
1924	22
1925	25
1926	33
1927	27
1928	20
1929	26
1930	14
1931	23
1932	12
1933	11
1934	13
1935	20
1936	19
1937	16
1938	18
1939	13
1940	9
1941	9
1942	18
1943	12
1944	10
1945	12
1946	10
1947	10
1948	7
1949	8
1950	3
1951	6
1952	7
1953	7
1954	8
1955	4
1956	4
1958	7
1959	4
1960	4
1961	5
1962	3
1963	4
1964	4
1965	3
1966	3
1967	4
1968	5
1969	4
1970	4
1971	5
1972	4
1973	5
1979	5
1980	3
1982	3
1985	4
1987	4
1988	3
1989	3
1996	3
1998	3
2002	4
2003	3
2004	3
2007	2
2010	3
2012	3
2017	5
2020	6
2022	3
2023	5
2024	6
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Roswell 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.

More like it

More like Roswell

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 7
Rank in 2025: #9,714
How rare: 1 in 244,010 boys
Since 1880: 1,411

Most popular in 1891, at 198 per million boys born.

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

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