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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

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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 84 recorded years as a table

Dot, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1883	53
1886	35
1887	34
1888	73
1889	56
1891	38
1892	47
1893	42
1894	22
1895	34
1896	25
1897	30
1898	31
1900	37
1901	42
1902	19
1903	19
1904	25
1905	17
1906	24
1907	28
1908	24
1909	17
1910	25
1912	11
1913	16
1914	14
1915	13
1916	16
1917	18
1918	16
1919	19
1920	24
1921	24
1922	17
1923	27
1924	22
1925	22
1926	33
1927	31
1928	39
1929	30
1930	28
1931	42
1932	35
1933	45
1934	39
1935	44
1936	23
1937	30
1938	30
1939	26
1940	23
1941	24
1942	13
1943	11
1944	15
1945	15
1946	13
1947	8
1948	9
1949	6
1950	4
1951	3
1952	7
1953	3
1954	3
1956	3
1957	6
1958	7
1959	8
1960	7
1961	5
1962	6
1963	4
1964	3
2018	5
2019	4
2020	4
2021	3
2022	6
2023	3
2024	5
2025	7

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dot 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 11
Rank in 2025: #8,860
How rare: 1 in 146,115 girls
Since 1883: 1,370

Most popular in 1888, at 73 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dot doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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