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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

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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 141 recorded years as a table

Greta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1885	45
1886	35
1887	55
1888	50
1889	90
1890	74
1891	43
1892	71
1893	61
1894	94
1895	86
1896	84
1897	98
1898	128
1899	99
1900	107
1901	84
1902	95
1903	73
1904	76
1905	130
1906	108
1907	82
1908	99
1909	72
1910	71
1911	93
1912	129
1913	83
1914	109
1915	105
1916	106
1917	87
1918	73
1919	66
1920	52
1921	49
1922	51
1923	59
1924	61
1925	55
1926	90
1927	122
1928	204
1929	253
1930	306
1931	360
1932	375
1933	335
1934	305
1935	258
1936	226
1937	204
1938	192
1939	145
1940	130
1941	105
1942	100
1943	100
1944	72
1945	73
1946	68
1947	78
1948	93
1949	71
1950	83
1951	108
1952	96
1953	102
1954	100
1955	121
1956	127
1957	135
1958	147
1959	171
1960	159
1961	179
1962	140
1963	149
1964	119
1965	144
1966	256
1967	323
1968	257
1969	206
1970	197
1971	183
1972	147
1973	158
1974	157
1975	133
1976	121
1977	96
1978	100
1979	128
1980	120
1981	126
1982	99
1983	80
1984	82
1985	64
1986	67
1987	67
1988	65
1989	61
1990	56
1991	59
1992	65
1993	60
1994	64
1995	75
1996	91
1997	92
1998	103
1999	143
2000	166
2001	155
2002	178
2003	206
2004	206
2005	219
2006	216
2007	226
2008	230
2009	227
2010	242
2011	234
2012	252
2013	273
2014	277
2015	299
2016	267
2017	270
2018	305
2019	275
2020	229
2021	205
2022	198
2023	176
2024	194
2025	181

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Minnesota 9.8×
Wisconsin 4.8×
Utah 4.6×
Massachusetts 2.1×
Pennsylvania 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 291
Rank in 2025: #908
How rare: 1 in 5,523 girls
Since 1885: 27,786

Most popular in 1932, at 375 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 39% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Minnesota	9.8×	115
Wisconsin	4.8×	54
Utah	4.6×	42
Massachusetts	2.1×	28
Pennsylvania	1.5×	39

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