Real peaked in the US in 1926 at #2,302, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Real as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2024
#9,894 (7)
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2023
#7,738 (10)
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2022
#7,768 (10)
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2021
#8,166 (9)
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2020
#8,067 (9)
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2019
#9,756 (7)
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2015
#10,644 (6)
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2012
#9,709 (7)
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2009
#12,491 (5)
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2003
#9,581 (6)
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2001
#10,556 (5)
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2000
#7,416 (8)
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1998
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#1,396 (8)
1997
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#1,872 (5)
1995
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#1,665 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1926 at #2,302.
First recorded in the US in 1918.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.