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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 146 recorded years as a table

Katherine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	5,517
1881	5,481
1882	5,480
1883	5,191
1884	5,201
1885	5,644
1886	5,148
1887	5,439
1888	4,999
1889	4,984
1890	4,727
1891	4,329
1892	4,526
1893	4,523
1894	4,253
1895	4,143
1896	4,401
1897	4,108
1898	3,532
1899	4,043
1900	4,006
1901	3,718
1902	3,802
1903	3,874
1904	4,096
1905	4,081
1906	4,324
1907	4,436
1908	4,277
1909	4,484
1910	4,419
1911	4,442
1912	4,562
1913	4,474
1914	4,795
1915	4,562
1916	4,597
1917	4,584
1918	4,484
1919	4,288
1920	4,403
1921	4,181
1922	4,019
1923	3,796
1924	3,759
1925	3,483
1926	3,234
1927	3,123
1928	2,946
1929	2,701
1930	2,694
1931	2,464
1932	2,425
1933	2,312
1934	2,287
1935	2,232
1936	2,264
1937	2,335
1938	2,334
1939	2,258
1940	2,369
1941	2,487
1942	2,499
1943	2,592
1944	2,656
1945	2,596
1946	2,671
1947	2,755
1948	3,044
1949	3,530
1950	3,622
1951	3,848
1952	3,716
1953	3,486
1954	3,471
1955	3,702
1956	3,527
1957	3,246
1958	3,198
1959	3,034
1960	2,906
1961	2,790
1962	2,681
1963	2,658
1964	2,678
1965	2,666
1966	2,655
1967	2,762
1968	2,875
1969	3,063
1970	3,114
1971	3,077
1972	2,967
1973	3,031
1974	3,087
1975	3,327
1976	3,448
1977	3,933
1978	4,325
1979	4,650
1980	4,829
1981	5,056
1982	5,421
1983	5,797
1984	6,032
1985	5,886
1986	6,161
1987	6,004
1988	6,263
1989	6,192
1990	6,123
1991	6,131
1992	6,046
1993	5,807
1994	5,368
1995	5,110
1996	5,064
1997	4,893
1998	4,645
1999	4,473
2000	4,465
2001	4,376
2002	4,014
2003	3,900
2004	3,672
2005	3,459
2006	3,311
2007	3,026
2008	2,829
2009	2,412
2010	2,177
2011	2,381
2012	2,245
2013	2,122
2014	2,066
2015	1,935
2016	1,849
2017	1,657
2018	1,574
2019	1,460
2020	1,232
2021	1,110
2022	1,062
2023	1,063
2024	1,078
2025	1,039

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Alabama 2.3×
Mississippi 2.1×
South Carolina 2.0×
Arkansas 1.7×
Kansas 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 1,670
Rank in 2025: #186
How rare: 1 in 962 girls
Since 1880: 650,926

Most popular in 1988, at 6,263 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 46% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Alabama	2.3×	138
Mississippi	2.1×	62
South Carolina	2.0×	117
Arkansas	1.7×	58
Kansas	1.7×	61

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