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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 135 recorded years as a table

Alba, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	66
1881	54
1887	48
1888	39
1889	56
1891	32
1893	23
1894	45
1895	47
1896	42
1897	26
1898	23
1900	27
1904	47
1905	34
1906	58
1907	35
1908	42
1909	32
1910	55
1911	41
1912	66
1913	61
1914	67
1915	80
1916	49
1917	54
1918	46
1919	49
1920	37
1921	41
1922	47
1923	51
1924	40
1925	42
1926	40
1927	40
1928	41
1929	30
1930	47
1931	40
1932	32
1933	32
1934	26
1935	22
1936	15
1937	24
1938	22
1939	21
1940	22
1941	12
1942	13
1943	8
1944	11
1945	8
1946	6
1947	10
1948	13
1949	9
1950	18
1951	19
1952	17
1953	16
1954	20
1955	17
1956	14
1957	13
1958	17
1959	16
1960	15
1961	11
1962	12
1963	20
1964	21
1965	14
1966	14
1967	18
1968	24
1969	20
1970	14
1971	19
1972	22
1973	19
1974	27
1975	27
1976	25
1977	33
1978	23
1979	22
1980	36
1981	61
1982	47
1983	37
1984	48
1985	37
1986	38
1987	43
1988	66
1989	74
1990	60
1991	46
1992	50
1993	54
1994	44
1995	43
1996	44
1997	44
1998	33
1999	30
2000	44
2001	42
2002	37
2003	30
2004	34
2005	34
2006	45
2007	40
2008	44
2009	38
2010	65
2011	70
2012	76
2013	83
2014	83
2015	89
2016	70
2017	86
2018	78
2019	96
2020	116
2021	118
2022	121
2023	117
2024	127
2025	110

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

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Florida 1.7×
California 1.6×
New York 1.6×
Texas 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 177
Rank in 2025: #1,261
How rare: 1 in 9,080 girls
Since 1880: 7,471

Most popular in 2024, at 127 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 24% per million girls born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Florida	1.7×	51
California	1.6×	95
New York	1.6×	44
Texas	1.3×	77

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.