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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

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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 55 recorded years as a table

Heaven, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1971	5
1972	3
1973	9
1974	24
1975	25
1976	30
1977	18
1978	18
1979	24
1980	21
1981	14
1982	11
1983	10
1984	14
1985	17
1986	50
1987	60
1988	74
1989	90
1990	121
1991	142
1992	140
1993	149
1994	200
1995	237
1996	222
1997	305
1998	457
1999	406
2000	497
2001	591
2002	632
2003	652
2004	659
2005	722
2006	709
2007	676
2008	661
2009	658
2010	558
2011	563
2012	569
2013	568
2014	561
2015	533
2016	568
2017	561
2018	491
2019	446
2020	448
2021	391
2022	389
2023	370
2024	401
2025	346

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Mississippi 3.7×
Louisiana 3.1×
South Carolina 2.5×
Georgia 2.2×
Tennessee 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 556
Rank in 2025: #543
How rare: 1 in 2,890 girls
Since 1971: 30,361

Most popular in 2005, at 722 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 35% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Mississippi	3.7×	38
Louisiana	3.1×	58
South Carolina	2.5×	50
Georgia	2.2×	113
Tennessee	1.9×	67

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