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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1893

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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 112 recorded years as a table

Anise, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1893	23
1900	23
1901	29
1913	8
1914	12
1915	8
1916	11
1917	8
1918	5
1919	7
1920	12
1921	10
1922	5
1923	7
1924	10
1925	10
1926	5
1927	5
1928	10
1929	5
1930	10
1931	8
1933	7
1934	10
1935	8
1936	9
1937	8
1938	6
1939	5
1940	7
1941	5
1942	4
1943	4
1944	6
1946	6
1947	7
1948	4
1949	4
1950	9
1951	5
1952	3
1953	5
1954	6
1955	5
1956	8
1957	6
1958	8
1959	5
1960	6
1961	3
1962	7
1963	3
1964	3
1965	5
1966	4
1967	5
1969	5
1970	7
1971	10
1972	8
1973	10
1974	5
1975	3
1976	4
1977	9
1978	7
1979	8
1980	4
1981	7
1982	3
1983	5
1984	8
1985	7
1986	7
1987	7
1988	5
1989	9
1990	8
1991	3
1992	12
1993	8
1994	8
1995	9
1996	7
1997	11
1998	8
1999	8
2000	7
2001	13
2002	13
2003	11
2004	13
2005	12
2006	9
2007	11
2008	8
2009	7
2010	13
2011	11
2012	9
2013	9
2014	4
2015	8
2016	7
2017	3
2018	5
2019	6
2020	8
2021	4
2023	5
2024	3
2025	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Anise isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 9
Rank in 2025: #10,107
How rare: 1 in 178,585 girls
Since 1893: 1,242

Most popular in 1901, at 29 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million girls born.

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