Ivory · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

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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 139 recorded years as a table

Ivory, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1886	35
1887	48
1889	28
1890	37
1891	38
1892	33
1893	42
1894	40
1895	56
1896	50
1897	56
1898	35
1899	47
1900	50
1901	84
1902	64
1903	46
1904	98
1905	69
1906	51
1907	60
1908	48
1909	66
1910	81
1911	86
1912	61
1913	51
1914	46
1915	46
1916	37
1917	40
1918	47
1919	50
1920	48
1921	32
1922	51
1923	46
1924	45
1925	43
1926	46
1927	59
1928	32
1929	38
1930	45
1931	40
1932	45
1933	38
1934	42
1935	49
1936	39
1937	41
1938	42
1939	44
1940	43
1941	31
1942	43
1943	39
1944	40
1945	43
1946	33
1947	33
1948	32
1949	31
1950	41
1951	31
1952	38
1953	20
1954	18
1955	26
1956	29
1957	28
1958	20
1959	23
1960	27
1961	24
1962	22
1963	21
1964	23
1965	15
1966	18
1967	10
1968	12
1969	23
1970	19
1971	20
1972	16
1973	24
1974	19
1975	21
1976	38
1977	29
1978	40
1979	52
1980	44
1981	40
1982	105
1983	104
1984	80
1985	78
1986	63
1987	67
1988	65
1989	56
1990	65
1991	62
1992	59
1993	72
1994	62
1995	52
1996	66
1997	55
1998	83
1999	80
2000	74
2001	82
2002	69
2003	80
2004	58
2005	80
2006	68
2007	68
2008	78
2009	64
2010	65
2011	85
2012	139
2013	170
2014	209
2015	222
2016	262
2017	271
2018	273
2019	316
2020	299
2021	328
2022	365
2023	366
2024	484
2025	504

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Kentucky 3.5×
Oklahoma 3.0×
Arkansas 2.7×
Mississippi 2.4×
Indiana 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 810
Rank in 2025: #378
How rare: 1 in 1,984 girls
Since 1886: 14,546

Most popular in 2025, at 504 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 127% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Kentucky	3.5×	82
Oklahoma	3.0×	59
Arkansas	2.7×	38
Mississippi	2.4×	29
Indiana	2.1×	81

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