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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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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

Madeleine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1881	54
1883	53
1884	109
1885	60
1886	76
1887	144
1888	140
1889	78
1890	168
1891	205
1892	184
1893	164
1894	215
1895	223
1896	202
1897	184
1898	182
1899	219
1900	193
1901	188
1902	167
1903	198
1904	185
1905	141
1906	193
1907	129
1908	153
1909	190
1910	131
1911	182
1912	233
1913	189
1914	206
1915	180
1916	150
1917	148
1918	155
1919	147
1920	188
1921	196
1922	197
1923	167
1924	179
1925	183
1926	187
1927	169
1928	149
1929	154
1930	120
1931	124
1932	107
1933	121
1934	97
1935	97
1936	111
1937	141
1938	150
1939	175
1940	170
1941	172
1942	211
1943	157
1944	104
1945	120
1946	118
1947	122
1948	136
1949	127
1950	109
1951	83
1952	79
1953	77
1954	63
1955	65
1956	63
1957	54
1958	48
1959	62
1960	49
1961	55
1962	56
1963	53
1964	43
1965	46
1966	38
1967	38
1968	27
1969	26
1970	22
1971	25
1972	26
1973	27
1974	28
1975	29
1976	22
1977	26
1978	27
1979	29
1980	33
1981	28
1982	27
1983	41
1984	44
1985	55
1986	96
1987	125
1988	135
1989	151
1990	212
1991	252
1992	286
1993	366
1994	517
1995	562
1996	620
1997	747
1998	806
1999	643
2000	635
2001	621
2002	595
2003	527
2004	523
2005	524
2006	515
2007	605
2008	662
2009	544
2010	559
2011	557
2012	620
2013	652
2014	643
2015	598
2016	539
2017	491
2018	489
2019	515
2020	485
2021	499
2022	500
2023	429
2024	436
2025	422

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

District of Columbia 9.5×
Connecticut 2.9×
Massachusetts 2.5×
Maryland 1.8×
Colorado 1.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 679
Rank in 2025: #454
How rare: 1 in 2,367 girls
Since 1881: 45,722

Most popular in 1998, at 806 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
District of Columbia	9.5×	27
Connecticut	2.9×	43
Massachusetts	2.5×	76
Maryland	1.8×	48
Colorado	1.8×	52

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