Counterfactual

The Parallel Lives of Kwame and Mateo

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

1960–2025

Kwame

peak 1990 2025 192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1990
Peak births 299
Latest count 42
Status Stable
Peak generation Millennial
1904–2025

Mateo

peak 2024 2025 192019401960198020002020
Peak year 2024
Peak births 11,349
Latest count 11,045
Status Rising
Peak generation Gen Alpha
In 42 boys, Kwame 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.