Cadence

Girl · recorded 1974–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.2 to 1)

  • #1,022in 2025
  • 1 in 6,560girls in 2025
  • −72%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Virginia

Most popular in 2005.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1974

045290419741987200020122025

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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 51 recorded years as a table
Cadence, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19747
19754
19775
19786
19796
19807
19816
19824
19833
19845
19856
19865
19877
198811
198910
199010
199111
199211
199316
199421
199517
199621
199727
199829
199934
200034
200143
2002129
2003339
2004845
2005904
2006841
2007888
2008852
2009795
2010777
2011654
2012620
2013591
2014561
2015542
2016489
2017436
2018379
2019332
2020258
2021230
2022199
2023171
2024150
2025152

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Virginia 2.1×
  2. Georgia 2.0×
  3. Tennessee 1.9×
  4. North Carolina 1.8×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.6×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
245
Rank in 2025
#1,022
How rare
1 in 6,560 girls
Since 1974
22,430

Most popular in 2005, at 904 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 72% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Virginia2.1×33
Georgia2.0×42
Tennessee1.9×29
North Carolina1.8×40
Pennsylvania1.6×36

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