Forbes Popularity by Year
Follow Forbes across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Forbes birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 8 | #8,910 | Up 3,439 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 5 | #12,349 | Down 3,428 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 8 | #8,921 | Up 3,409 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 1,725 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 6 | #10,605 | Up 1,540 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Down 2,475 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 2,416 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Down 2,501 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 7 | #9,585 | Down 320 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 5 | #9,265 | Down 2,087 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 2,192 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 1,434 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 6 | #3,552 | Up 182 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 5 | #3,734 | Down 668 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 7 | #3,066 | Up 615 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 5 | #3,681 | Down 1,439 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 10 | #2,242 | Up 391 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 8 | #2,633 | Up 480 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 6 | #3,113 | Down 259 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 7 | #2,854 | Up 791 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 5 | #3,645 | Down 1,007 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 9 | #2,638 | Up 1,321 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Down 262 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 6 | #3,697 | Up 513 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 5 | #4,210 | Down 13 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Down 1,375 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 10 | #2,822 | Up 645 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 7 | #3,467 | Down 253 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 8 | #3,214 | Up 522 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 6 | #3,736 | Down 1,338 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 12 | #2,398 | Up 1,147 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 6 | #3,545 | Down 1,002 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 10 | #2,543 | Down 233 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 11 | #2,310 | Up 605 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 6 | #2,915 | Down 94 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | — |