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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

Dora, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	5,759
1881	6,362
1882	5,508
1883	5,698
1884	5,581
1885	5,832
1886	5,722
1887	5,768
1888	5,027
1889	4,945
1890	4,638
1891	4,690
1892	4,521
1893	4,119
1894	3,710
1895	3,784
1896	3,674
1897	3,681
1898	3,590
1899	3,081
1900	3,196
1901	3,209
1902	2,954
1903	2,970
1904	2,862
1905	2,596
1906	2,577
1907	2,467
1908	2,411
1909	2,387
1910	2,101
1911	2,123
1912	1,901
1913	1,894
1914	1,763
1915	1,693
1916	1,652
1917	1,609
1918	1,501
1919	1,624
1920	1,556
1921	1,643
1922	1,505
1923	1,578
1924	1,601
1925	1,598
1926	1,497
1927	1,500
1928	1,422
1929	1,420
1930	1,330
1931	1,281
1932	1,344
1933	1,232
1934	1,199
1935	1,115
1936	1,118
1937	1,021
1938	1,028
1939	953
1940	909
1941	787
1942	717
1943	732
1944	695
1945	675
1946	600
1947	587
1948	603
1949	540
1950	523
1951	571
1952	499
1953	488
1954	466
1955	465
1956	494
1957	467
1958	428
1959	443
1960	457
1961	430
1962	428
1963	443
1964	465
1965	410
1966	392
1967	361
1968	333
1969	308
1970	307
1971	287
1972	300
1973	264
1974	267
1975	279
1976	273
1977	193
1978	193
1979	183
1980	181
1981	170
1982	161
1983	142
1984	139
1985	135
1986	114
1987	121
1988	121
1989	106
1990	101
1991	103
1992	107
1993	92
1994	90
1995	95
1996	99
1997	98
1998	83
1999	94
2000	70
2001	92
2002	91
2003	92
2004	90
2005	84
2006	75
2007	52
2008	49
2009	56
2010	47
2011	50
2012	53
2013	44
2014	49
2015	57
2016	63
2017	58
2018	44
2019	61
2020	45
2021	50
2022	43
2023	42
2024	42
2025	47

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

New York 2.5×
California 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 75
Rank in 2025: #2,387
How rare: 1 in 21,430 girls
Since 1880: 105,930

Most popular in 1881, at 6,362 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 18% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
New York	2.5×	26
California	1.9×	41

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