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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

Ara, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	66
1881	87
1882	93
1883	62
1884	140
1885	128
1886	118
1887	110
1888	112
1889	123
1890	116
1891	97
1892	99
1893	89
1894	67
1895	94
1896	88
1897	85
1898	97
1899	51
1900	83
1901	125
1902	76
1903	88
1904	65
1905	58
1906	61
1907	85
1908	75
1909	35
1910	58
1911	55
1912	54
1913	54
1914	53
1915	48
1916	45
1917	37
1918	45
1919	35
1920	43
1921	37
1922	32
1923	31
1924	40
1925	29
1926	36
1927	28
1928	23
1929	25
1930	14
1931	24
1932	25
1933	18
1934	33
1935	20
1936	22
1937	21
1938	17
1939	16
1940	17
1941	10
1942	8
1943	11
1944	12
1945	16
1946	13
1947	6
1948	9
1949	11
1950	8
1951	6
1952	5
1953	6
1954	8
1955	5
1956	4
1957	5
1958	5
1959	4
1960	4
1961	5
1962	6
1963	9
1964	8
1965	8
1966	6
1967	7
1968	4
1969	7
1970	3
1971	11
1972	12
1973	13
1974	12
1975	16
1976	13
1977	12
1978	16
1979	14
1980	14
1981	16
1982	16
1983	11
1984	10
1985	13
1986	13
1987	12
1988	14
1989	13
1990	7
1991	8
1992	6
1993	7
1994	9
1995	8
1996	9
1997	7
1998	7
1999	10
2000	16
2001	7
2002	11
2003	11
2004	10
2005	15
2006	15
2007	11
2008	14
2009	16
2010	19
2011	16
2012	31
2013	24
2014	27
2015	27
2016	30
2017	36
2018	36
2019	32
2020	34
2021	46
2022	48
2023	32
2024	31
2025	30

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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California 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 48
Rank in 2025: #3,249
How rare: 1 in 33,484 girls
Since 1880: 3,565

Most popular in 1884, at 140 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 9% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
California	1.6×	25

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