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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 144 recorded years as a table

Katy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	77
1882	46
1884	39
1885	53
1886	42
1887	69
1888	45
1889	34
1890	68
1891	54
1892	38
1893	66
1894	54
1895	73
1896	42
1897	64
1898	27
1899	73
1900	57
1901	67
1902	91
1903	50
1904	54
1905	51
1906	58
1907	75
1908	60
1909	66
1910	40
1911	43
1912	23
1913	45
1914	53
1915	42
1916	42
1917	42
1918	39
1919	58
1920	48
1921	33
1922	42
1923	54
1924	48
1925	53
1926	36
1927	39
1928	45
1929	51
1930	37
1931	46
1932	39
1933	46
1934	46
1935	54
1936	63
1937	55
1938	52
1939	70
1940	71
1941	66
1942	49
1943	49
1944	51
1945	42
1946	48
1947	43
1948	45
1949	35
1950	44
1951	38
1952	32
1953	33
1954	39
1955	34
1956	41
1957	57
1958	73
1959	89
1960	91
1961	85
1962	97
1963	81
1964	84
1965	79
1966	65
1967	55
1968	66
1969	78
1970	94
1971	92
1972	97
1973	112
1974	132
1975	142
1976	149
1977	211
1978	287
1979	287
1980	303
1981	346
1982	333
1983	336
1984	336
1985	380
1986	382
1987	388
1988	330
1989	317
1990	248
1991	229
1992	248
1993	220
1994	195
1995	187
1996	156
1997	160
1998	145
1999	137
2000	121
2001	121
2002	134
2003	128
2004	131
2005	122
2006	110
2007	113
2008	113
2009	106
2010	104
2011	114
2012	94
2013	91
2014	103
2015	80
2016	75
2017	67
2018	66
2019	54
2020	51
2021	53
2022	52
2023	55
2024	45
2025	40

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Texas 1.8×
California 1.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 64
Rank in 2025: #2,691
How rare: 1 in 25,113 girls
Since 1880: 20,952

Most popular in 1987, at 388 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 50% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	1.8×	40
California	1.1×	25

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