Real
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1926
13 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
421
since 1918
Born a Real? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Real was most popular in 1926, when 13 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Real in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 7 | 9894 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 10 | 7738 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 10 | 7768 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 9 | 8067 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 7 | 9756 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 9 | 11257 | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 17636 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12187 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 5 | 10556 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 13442 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 7 | 3836 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 10 | 2665 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 5 | 3942 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 8 | 2964 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 7 | 3095 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 12 | 2225 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 8 | 2862 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 13 | 1997 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 8 | 2609 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 12 | 2062 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 8 | 2719 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 11 | 2266 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 10 | 2471 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 11 | 2444 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 7 | 3247 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 12 | 2387 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 10 | 2703 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 13 | 2302 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 11 | 2641 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 6 | 3872 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 9 | 2882 |
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Recorded as girls 6% · boys 94% across all years