How many young men have earned Eagle Scout each year since 1912? I thought you’d never ask.

Perhaps you’re an Eagle Scout and want to see how many other young men earned the rank the same year you did. Or maybe you’d like to see how the number of Eagle Scouts per year has changed throughout history.

Here’s a year-by-year breakdown of the 2,429,979 young men who have become Eagle Scouts since the award was first presented in 1912.

Number of Eagle Scouts per year, 1912 to 2016

1912 23 1913 54 1914 165 1915 96 1916 103 1917 219 1918 222 1919 468 1920 629 1921 1,306 1922 2,001 1923 2,196 1924 3,264 1925 3,980 1926 4,516 1927 5,713 1928 6,706 1929 6,676 1930 7,980 1931 8,976 1932 9,225 1933 6,659 1934 7,548 1935 8,814 1936 7,488 1937 7,831 1938 8,784 1939 9,918 1940 10,498 1941 9,527 1942 8,440 1943 9,285 1944 10,387 1945 10,694 1946 10,850 1947 9,733 1948 8,016 1949 9,058 1950 9,813 1951 10,708 1952 15,668 1953 9,993 1954 12,239 1955 14,486 1956 15,484 1957 17,407 1958 17,548 1959 17,360 1960 21,175 1961 24,637 1962 26,181 1963 27,428 1964 29,247 1965 27,851 1966 26,999 1967 30,878 1968 28,311 1969 31,052 1970 29,103 1971 30,972 1972 29,089 1973 46,966 1974 36,739 1975 21,285 1976 27,687 1977 24,879 1978 22,149 1979 22,188 1980 22,543 1981 24,865 1982 25,573 1983 25,263 1984 27,326 1985 27,173 1986 26,846 1987 27,578 1988 27,163 1989 29,187 1990 29,763 1991 32,973 1992 34,063 1993 33,672 1994 37,438 1995 31,209 1996 37,715 1997 40,296 1998 41,167 1999 47,582 2000 40,029 2001 43,665 2002 49,328 2003 49,151 2004 50,377 2005 49,895 2006 51,728 2007 51,742 2008 52,025 2009 53,122 2010 57,147 2011 51,933 2012 58,659 2013 56,841 2014 51,820 2015 54,366 2016 55,186

Hat tip: Thanks, as always, to Mike Lo Vecchio for these figures. Photo from Flickr: Some rights reserved by MTSOfan