Counterfactual

The Parallel Lives of Brice and Mateo

In 42 boys, Brice found its level. 50 years earlier, Mateo occupied that same statistical address.

1882–2025

Brice

peak 1989 2025 1900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1989
Peak births 398
Latest count 42
Status Declining
Peak generation Millennial
1904–2025

Mateo

peak 2024 2025 1900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 2024
Peak births 11,349
Latest count 11,045
Status Rising
Peak generation Gen Alpha
In 42 boys, Brice found its level. 50 years earlier, Mateo occupied that same address. One peaked in the Gen Alpha era; the other in the Millennial world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.