Boy

Where Boy comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Boy through the years
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,310 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1903
    Peak, #1,130
    5 babies named Boy, its best rank.
  3. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
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