Kenya

Girl · recorded 1952–2025

  • #2,485in 2025
  • 1 in 22,637girls in 2025
  • −74%last ten years
  • 1.6×in Florida

Most popular in 1973.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1952

030761319521970198920072025

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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 73 recorded years as a table
Kenya, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19523
19546
19557
19564
19576
19589
19599
19609
19619
196215
196317
196430
196528
196639
196747
196876
1969130
1970192
1971239
1972365
1973613
1974553
1975593
1976487
1977464
1978385
1979392
1980313
1981249
1982243
1983233
1984186
1985169
1986139
1987143
1988148
1989189
1990193
1991195
1992257
1993377
1994381
1995383
1996342
1997260
1998267
1999257
2000289
2001259
2002274
2003260
2004235
2005252
2006304
2007305
2008301
2009260
2010222
2011192
2012323
2013267
2014226
2015173
2016184
2017159
2018142
2019136
2020118
202199
2022101
202384
202477
202544

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Florida 1.6×
  2. Texas 1.4×
  3. California 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
71
Rank in 2025
#2,485
How rare
1 in 22,637 girls
Since 1952
25,412

Most popular in 1973, at 613 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 74% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Florida1.6×28
Texas1.4×47
California1.2×39

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