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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 146 recorded years as a table

Alma, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	3,044
1881	3,186
1882	3,412
1883	3,196
1884	3,720
1885	3,871
1886	4,172
1887	4,268
1888	4,775
1889	4,592
1890	4,843
1891	5,009
1892	4,973
1893	4,955
1894	5,280
1895	4,897
1896	5,224
1897	5,179
1898	5,020
1899	4,918
1900	4,577
1901	4,993
1902	4,654
1903	4,749
1904	4,565
1905	4,571
1906	4,287
1907	4,228
1908	4,409
1909	3,960
1910	4,111
1911	3,851
1912	3,911
1913	3,678
1914	3,477
1915	3,301
1916	3,259
1917	3,151
1918	3,153
1919	3,042
1920	2,991
1921	2,911
1922	2,692
1923	2,545
1924	2,594
1925	2,461
1926	2,522
1927	2,388
1928	2,164
1929	2,140
1930	2,114
1931	1,986
1932	1,916
1933	1,825
1934	1,822
1935	1,601
1936	1,547
1937	1,528
1938	1,412
1939	1,364
1940	1,249
1941	1,129
1942	1,042
1943	958
1944	917
1945	827
1946	745
1947	668
1948	683
1949	616
1950	614
1951	545
1952	555
1953	578
1954	522
1955	493
1956	472
1957	481
1958	381
1959	402
1960	390
1961	390
1962	363
1963	348
1964	325
1965	312
1966	354
1967	366
1968	331
1969	302
1970	305
1971	351
1972	373
1973	381
1974	405
1975	357
1976	396
1977	368
1978	335
1979	361
1980	396
1981	412
1982	356
1983	312
1984	315
1985	319
1986	304
1987	283
1988	287
1989	334
1990	361
1991	356
1992	381
1993	357
1994	328
1995	332
1996	323
1997	308
1998	298
1999	300
2000	302
2001	293
2002	287
2003	230
2004	247
2005	260
2006	250
2007	216
2008	195
2009	190
2010	179
2011	169
2012	178
2013	229
2014	236
2015	234
2016	221
2017	264
2018	269
2019	293
2020	324
2021	374
2022	401
2023	415
2024	407
2025	429

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Minnesota 2.6×
Oregon 2.4×
Florida 1.9×
Massachusetts 1.7×
New York 1.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 689
Rank in 2025: #449
How rare: 1 in 2,332 girls
Since 1880: 163,723

Most popular in 1894, at 5,280 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 84% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Minnesota	2.6×	70
Oregon	2.4×	39
Florida	1.9×	209
Massachusetts	1.7×	51
New York	1.6×	159

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