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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

Truman, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	109
1881	199
1882	150
1883	201
1884	131
1885	158
1886	126
1887	79
1888	149
1889	118
1890	162
1891	217
1892	131
1893	160
1894	164
1895	128
1896	167
1897	124
1898	130
1899	85
1900	166
1901	141
1902	163
1903	159
1904	265
1905	227
1906	233
1907	204
1908	246
1909	207
1910	201
1911	221
1912	191
1913	285
1914	247
1915	238
1916	246
1917	243
1918	237
1919	230
1920	246
1921	216
1922	225
1923	193
1924	212
1925	233
1926	199
1927	214
1928	179
1929	202
1930	184
1931	189
1932	175
1933	198
1934	197
1935	190
1936	170
1937	182
1938	151
1939	157
1940	181
1941	134
1942	123
1943	149
1944	145
1945	401
1946	176
1947	111
1948	91
1949	89
1950	66
1951	40
1952	36
1953	36
1954	36
1955	31
1956	24
1957	27
1958	24
1959	18
1960	33
1961	25
1962	25
1963	28
1964	26
1965	35
1966	26
1967	32
1968	34
1969	35
1970	31
1971	44
1972	31
1973	28
1974	29
1975	24
1976	31
1977	33
1978	24
1979	21
1980	21
1981	18
1982	16
1983	21
1984	23
1985	28
1986	23
1987	25
1988	11
1989	23
1990	24
1991	25
1992	22
1993	36
1994	40
1995	41
1996	56
1997	50
1998	60
1999	61
2000	74
2001	67
2002	72
2003	80
2004	88
2005	84
2006	94
2007	97
2008	86
2009	88
2010	103
2011	96
2012	116
2013	110
2014	115
2015	111
2016	102
2017	95
2018	91
2019	85
2020	86
2021	74
2022	72
2023	67
2024	52
2025	65

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Texas 0.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 111
Rank in 2025: #1,547
How rare: 1 in 15,388 boys
Since 1880: 15,947

Most popular in 1945, at 401 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 42% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	0.8×	27

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