December · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for December.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1960

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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 64 recorded years as a table

December, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1960	2
1961	3
1963	4
1964	6
1965	5
1966	4
1967	4
1968	5
1969	3
1970	3
1972	5
1973	7
1974	12
1975	13
1976	14
1977	16
1978	17
1979	20
1980	16
1981	15
1982	10
1983	10
1984	13
1985	9
1986	20
1987	10
1988	13
1989	14
1990	11
1991	13
1992	14
1993	13
1994	14
1995	23
1996	19
1997	24
1998	19
1999	18
2000	15
2001	16
2002	15
2003	16
2004	19
2005	17
2006	15
2007	17
2008	19
2009	24
2010	17
2011	19
2012	26
2013	19
2014	24
2015	22
2016	18
2017	20
2018	20
2019	18
2020	22
2021	23
2022	20
2023	20
2024	15
2025	13

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

December 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 December

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 21
Rank in 2025: #5,722
How rare: 1 in 76,536 girls
Since 1960: 1,608

Most popular in 2012, at 26 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 42% per million girls born.

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