Baby · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

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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 102 recorded years as a table

Baby, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1912	13
1913	13
1914	7
1915	7
1916	10
1917	9
1918	7
1919	10
1920	8
1921	6
1922	11
1923	10
1924	19
1925	25
1926	30
1927	30
1928	37
1929	34
1930	25
1931	27
1932	21
1933	16
1934	16
1935	16
1936	13
1937	7
1938	11
1939	11
1940	8
1941	10
1942	9
1943	4
1944	6
1945	7
1946	4
1947	7
1948	6
1949	3
1950	6
1952	4
1953	3
1954	5
1955	3
1957	2
1959	2
1968	4
1969	5
1971	11
1972	6
1973	8
1974	12
1975	12
1976	22
1977	19
1978	8
1979	14
1980	13
1981	14
1982	19
1983	36
1984	31
1985	58
1986	47
1987	63
1988	90
1989	123
1990	120
1991	140
1992	159
1993	164
1994	167
1995	175
1996	125
1997	135
1998	132
1999	135
2000	145
2001	139
2002	132
2003	134
2004	115
2005	69
2006	12
2007	15
2008	14
2009	14
2010	11
2011	10
2012	7
2013	11
2014	9
2015	16
2016	14
2017	19
2018	18
2019	14
2020	15
2021	23
2022	12
2023	20
2024	17
2025	6

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Baby 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

More like Baby

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 9
Rank in 2025: #10,107
How rare: 1 in 178,585 girls
Since 1912: 6,107

Most popular in 1995, at 175 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 64% per million girls born.

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