Arbutus · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1906

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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 49 recorded years as a table

Arbutus, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1906	24
1908	15
1909	17
1910	35
1911	24
1912	22
1913	18
1914	20
1915	24
1916	38
1917	26
1918	35
1919	30
1920	38
1921	28
1922	37
1923	36
1924	32
1925	27
1926	35
1927	42
1928	26
1929	20
1930	33
1931	37
1932	23
1933	37
1934	25
1935	21
1936	15
1937	20
1938	20
1939	20
1940	17
1941	12
1942	16
1943	10
1944	8
1945	9
1946	6
1947	10
1948	6
1949	6
1950	3
1951	3
1953	4
1954	4
1955	3
1961	2

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Arbutus 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 1961: 5
Rank in 1961: #6,567
How rare: 1 in 403,699 girls
Since 1906: 1,075

Arbutus was last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1927, at 42 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Arbutus doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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