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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 145 recorded years as a table

Faith, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	66
1881	54
1882	83
1884	47
1885	75
1886	111
1887	34
1888	73
1889	90
1890	53
1891	146
1892	99
1893	66
1894	103
1895	90
1896	113
1897	107
1898	143
1899	124
1900	110
1901	121
1902	80
1903	122
1904	98
1905	65
1906	132
1907	63
1908	105
1909	112
1910	88
1911	112
1912	120
1913	126
1914	119
1915	128
1916	108
1917	144
1918	150
1919	134
1920	137
1921	154
1922	182
1923	184
1924	186
1925	185
1926	190
1927	181
1928	184
1929	178
1930	204
1931	245
1932	319
1933	327
1934	311
1935	287
1936	340
1937	319
1938	296
1939	349
1940	324
1941	383
1942	423
1943	409
1944	337
1945	324
1946	277
1947	259
1948	236
1949	226
1950	267
1951	327
1952	325
1953	321
1954	348
1955	409
1956	388
1957	404
1958	391
1959	415
1960	433
1961	388
1962	371
1963	412
1964	425
1965	401
1966	386
1967	360
1968	325
1969	310
1970	315
1971	318
1972	346
1973	351
1974	369
1975	381
1976	435
1977	524
1978	548
1979	536
1980	485
1981	477
1982	405
1983	397
1984	377
1985	324
1986	370
1987	323
1988	349
1989	383
1990	495
1991	573
1992	618
1993	627
1994	731
1995	993
1996	1,232
1997	1,480
1998	1,821
1999	2,388
2000	2,753
2001	3,005
2002	3,076
2003	3,063
2004	2,952
2005	2,844
2006	2,558
2007	2,240
2008	1,923
2009	2,053
2010	2,084
2011	2,122
2012	2,022
2013	1,948
2014	2,093
2015	1,876
2016	1,745
2017	1,529
2018	1,454
2019	1,356
2020	1,239
2021	1,065
2022	956
2023	794
2024	793
2025	754

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Hawaii 5.2×
Arkansas 2.3×
Nevada 2.1×
Missouri 1.7×
Maryland 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 1,212
Rank in 2025: #254
How rare: 1 in 1,326 girls
Since 1880: 147,851

Most popular in 2002, at 3,076 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 60% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Hawaii	5.2×	27
Arkansas	2.3×	56
Nevada	2.1×	44
Missouri	1.7×	94
Maryland	1.6×	78

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