Read Popularity by Year
Follow Read across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Read 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Up 166 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Down 1,353 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Down 259 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Down 1,081 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Up 1,086 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 3,131 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 8 | #7,536 | Up 338 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 7 | #7,874 | Down 2,034 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 10 | #5,840 | Up 778 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 8 | #6,618 | Up 1,353 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 6 | #7,971 | Up 829 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 2,130 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 7 | #6,670 | Up 1,566 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 5 | #8,236 | Down 119 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 5 | #8,117 | Down 1,888 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Up 722 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 230 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 5 | #6,721 | Down 1,748 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 7 | #4,973 | Up 1,265 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 5 | #6,238 | Down 1,396 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 7 | #4,842 | Down 533 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 7 | #4,309 | Up 792 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 697 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 5 | #4,404 | Down 268 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 5 | #4,136 | Down 599 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Up 109 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 6 | #3,646 | Up 419 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 5 | #4,065 | Down 808 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 7 | #3,257 | Down 56 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 7 | #3,201 | Down 609 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 10 | #2,592 | Up 313 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 8 | #2,905 | Up 829 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 5 | #3,734 | Down 405 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Down 1,307 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 14 | #2,022 | Up 766 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 8 | #2,788 | Up 308 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 7 | #3,096 | Down 100 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 6 | #2,996 | Down 32 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 7 | #2,964 | Up 570 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 5 | #3,534 | Down 905 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 8 | #2,629 | Up 1,016 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 5 | #3,645 | Up 314 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Up 242 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 5 | #4,201 | Down 334 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 6 | #3,867 | Down 499 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 7 | #3,368 | Down 286 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 7 | #3,082 | Down 167 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 6 | #2,915 | — |