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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

America, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	176
1881	120
1882	121
1883	125
1884	93
1885	135
1886	97
1887	103
1888	95
1889	112
1890	79
1891	113
1892	75
1893	56
1894	45
1895	51
1896	67
1897	34
1898	77
1899	103
1900	50
1901	46
1902	61
1903	65
1904	36
1905	62
1906	44
1907	50
1908	45
1909	55
1910	30
1911	45
1912	41
1913	42
1914	38
1915	30
1916	17
1917	20
1918	43
1919	35
1920	28
1921	29
1922	38
1923	31
1924	29
1925	20
1926	22
1927	13
1928	22
1929	29
1930	21
1931	21
1932	15
1933	18
1934	9
1935	9
1936	14
1937	11
1938	13
1939	25
1940	17
1941	16
1942	10
1943	11
1944	10
1945	7
1946	9
1947	9
1948	8
1949	6
1950	8
1951	9
1952	9
1953	10
1954	4
1955	8
1956	5
1957	11
1958	3
1959	10
1960	11
1961	6
1962	9
1963	8
1964	11
1965	11
1966	14
1967	15
1968	15
1969	14
1970	21
1971	22
1972	28
1973	23
1974	34
1975	36
1976	54
1977	38
1978	25
1979	40
1980	35
1981	34
1982	22
1983	34
1984	26
1985	28
1986	32
1987	29
1988	42
1989	48
1990	38
1991	47
1992	53
1993	64
1994	67
1995	65
1996	76
1997	77
1998	130
1999	139
2000	178
2001	285
2002	392
2003	308
2004	333
2005	389
2006	361
2007	364
2008	325
2009	296
2010	249
2011	187
2012	164
2013	198
2014	182
2015	158
2016	147
2017	112
2018	89
2019	94
2020	79
2021	68
2022	54
2023	60
2024	68
2025	73

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Texas 2.6×
California 2.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 117
Rank in 2025: #1,733
How rare: 1 in 13,737 girls
Since 1880: 13,522

Most popular in 2002, at 392 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 54% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	2.6×	85
California	2.3×	76

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