Counterfactual

The Parallel Lives of Harding and Jaxon

In 5 boys, Harding found its level. 50 years earlier, Jaxon occupied that same statistical address.

1913–2025

Harding

peak 1921 2025 192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1921
Peak births 235
Latest count 5
Status Endangered
Peak generation Greatest Generation
1972–2025

Jaxon

peak 2016 2025 192019401960198020002020
Peak year 2016
Peak births 8,145
Latest count 3,073
Status Declining
Peak generation Gen Alpha
In 5 boys, Harding found its level. 50 years earlier, Jaxon occupied that same address. One peaked in the Gen Alpha era; the other in the Greatest Generation world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.