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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 146 recorded years as a table

Steve, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	471
1881	437
1882	554
1883	593
1884	577
1885	557
1886	632
1887	532
1888	687
1889	579
1890	594
1891	553
1892	557
1893	650
1894	691
1895	605
1896	786
1897	701
1898	709
1899	734
1900	924
1901	714
1902	750
1903	1,065
1904	960
1905	952
1906	984
1907	1,069
1908	965
1909	1,140
1910	1,262
1911	1,128
1912	1,263
1913	1,290
1914	1,524
1915	1,573
1916	1,572
1917	1,497
1918	1,503
1919	1,320
1920	1,204
1921	1,175
1922	1,166
1923	1,145
1924	1,076
1925	1,026
1926	947
1927	911
1928	835
1929	825
1930	786
1931	756
1932	747
1933	734
1934	747
1935	742
1936	714
1937	793
1938	971
1939	1,091
1940	1,341
1941	1,531
1942	1,720
1943	1,880
1944	2,081
1945	2,514
1946	2,814
1947	3,406
1948	3,273
1949	2,834
1950	2,350
1951	2,153
1952	2,219
1953	2,301
1954	2,483
1955	2,674
1956	3,060
1957	4,130
1958	4,749
1959	5,185
1960	4,992
1961	4,706
1962	4,425
1963	3,963
1964	3,559
1965	3,056
1966	2,589
1967	2,242
1968	1,961
1969	1,712
1970	1,577
1971	1,342
1972	1,138
1973	969
1974	918
1975	886
1976	897
1977	773
1978	753
1979	728
1980	683
1981	623
1982	564
1983	593
1984	577
1985	536
1986	537
1987	538
1988	496
1989	498
1990	490
1991	443
1992	442
1993	424
1994	370
1995	396
1996	342
1997	333
1998	332
1999	344
2000	330
2001	321
2002	281
2003	285
2004	244
2005	238
2006	230
2007	216
2008	207
2009	209
2010	145
2011	171
2012	160
2013	128
2014	133
2015	117
2016	108
2017	102
2018	92
2019	89
2020	86
2021	77
2022	70
2023	67
2024	57
2025	61

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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California 1.7×
Florida 1.6×
Texas 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 105
Rank in 2025: #1,609
How rare: 1 in 16,267 boys
Since 1880: 241,224

Most popular in 1959, at 5,185 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 47% per million boys born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
California	1.7×	57
Florida	1.6×	28
Texas	1.2×	39

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