Annabelle · Shortlist Together

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

Annabelle, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	99
1881	141
1882	204
1883	98
1884	109
1885	203
1886	145
1887	151
1888	106
1889	163
1890	210
1891	178
1892	193
1893	146
1894	148
1895	180
1896	185
1897	120
1898	298
1899	193
1900	244
1901	226
1902	246
1903	229
1904	276
1905	309
1906	264
1907	295
1908	338
1909	311
1910	305
1911	392
1912	392
1913	384
1914	414
1915	434
1916	429
1917	462
1918	418
1919	418
1920	477
1921	512
1922	486
1923	510
1924	539
1925	472
1926	531
1927	475
1928	491
1929	430
1930	410
1931	425
1932	334
1933	261
1934	270
1935	237
1936	207
1937	164
1938	198
1939	177
1940	164
1941	129
1942	113
1943	97
1944	101
1945	80
1946	73
1947	63
1948	68
1949	65
1950	58
1951	38
1952	31
1953	24
1954	27
1955	13
1956	26
1957	27
1958	33
1959	32
1960	32
1961	35
1962	29
1963	25
1964	33
1965	37
1966	38
1967	33
1968	27
1969	49
1970	43
1971	35
1972	35
1973	44
1974	34
1975	32
1976	50
1977	36
1978	24
1979	31
1980	34
1981	33
1982	30
1983	30
1984	37
1985	31
1986	30
1987	29
1988	34
1989	48
1990	38
1991	43
1992	57
1993	57
1994	72
1995	110
1996	120
1997	138
1998	203
1999	294
2000	329
2001	479
2002	510
2003	582
2004	581
2005	760
2006	877
2007	900
2008	959
2009	1,120
2010	1,485
2011	1,553
2012	1,736
2013	2,029
2014	2,442
2015	1,839
2016	1,694
2017	1,520
2018	1,169
2019	1,013
2020	818
2021	699
2022	608
2023	571
2024	554
2025	554

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Idaho 2.4×
Massachusetts 2.2×
Connecticut 2.0×
Oklahoma 2.0×
Indiana 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 891
Rank in 2025: #343
How rare: 1 in 1,803 girls
Since 1880: 67,543

Most popular in 2014, at 2,442 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 70% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Idaho	2.4×	28
Massachusetts	2.2×	89
Connecticut	2.0×	38
Oklahoma	2.0×	48
Indiana	1.9×	91

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