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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 92 recorded years as a table

Shade, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	72
1882	62
1885	65
1887	59
1890	45
1891	59
1892	57
1907	41
1910	31
1914	15
1915	14
1916	8
1917	15
1918	13
1919	10
1920	5
1921	15
1922	6
1923	6
1924	6
1925	8
1928	14
1930	9
1931	9
1932	5
1935	5
1937	6
1938	7
1939	5
1940	4
1941	5
1942	4
1943	4
1945	4
1950	3
1952	4
1961	4
1962	3
1964	3
1967	3
1968	3
1972	4
1975	5
1976	4
1977	4
1978	5
1979	5
1980	3
1981	3
1982	5
1983	8
1985	3
1986	4
1987	4
1988	7
1989	7
1990	5
1991	4
1992	8
1993	15
1994	12
1995	13
1996	13
1997	18
1998	13
1999	15
2000	11
2001	9
2002	9
2003	10
2004	8
2005	11
2006	12
2007	13
2008	13
2009	9
2010	11
2011	9
2012	14
2013	10
2014	6
2015	11
2016	7
2017	11
2018	11
2019	11
2020	8
2021	11
2022	8
2023	11
2024	10
2025	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shade 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 11
Rank in 2025: #7,194
How rare: 1 in 155,279 boys
Since 1880: 1,156

Most popular in 1880, at 72 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 44% per million boys born.

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