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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

Charity, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	319
1881	239
1882	278
1883	258
1884	240
1885	158
1886	263
1887	274
1888	263
1889	202
1890	278
1891	199
1892	165
1893	146
1894	184
1895	171
1896	164
1897	184
1898	193
1899	133
1900	147
1901	142
1902	129
1903	122
1904	160
1905	158
1906	179
1907	148
1908	150
1909	92
1910	111
1911	110
1912	99
1913	109
1914	77
1915	76
1916	76
1917	68
1918	65
1919	74
1920	53
1921	46
1922	47
1923	44
1924	56
1925	51
1926	43
1927	55
1928	46
1929	37
1930	36
1931	44
1932	45
1933	24
1934	29
1935	44
1936	33
1937	31
1938	36
1939	38
1940	37
1941	36
1942	31
1943	37
1944	29
1945	28
1946	31
1947	29
1948	28
1949	31
1950	32
1951	30
1952	27
1953	30
1954	20
1955	23
1956	28
1957	29
1958	25
1959	27
1960	35
1961	53
1962	41
1963	40
1964	39
1965	49
1966	59
1967	57
1968	70
1969	139
1970	196
1971	205
1972	383
1973	656
1974	961
1975	974
1976	822
1977	779
1978	697
1979	746
1980	639
1981	578
1982	507
1983	487
1984	469
1985	530
1986	499
1987	426
1988	364
1989	308
1990	282
1991	295
1992	263
1993	285
1994	271
1995	281
1996	280
1997	267
1998	269
1999	272
2000	335
2001	319
2002	303
2003	293
2004	277
2005	229
2006	229
2007	228
2008	195
2009	172
2010	177
2011	176
2012	157
2013	149
2014	138
2015	115
2016	111
2017	114
2018	111
2019	110
2020	90
2021	82
2022	72
2023	74
2024	59
2025	60

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Texas 1.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 97
Rank in 2025: #1,981
How rare: 1 in 16,569 girls
Since 1880: 35,518

Most popular in 1975, at 974 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 48% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	1.1×	34

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