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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1922

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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 96 recorded years as a table

Memory, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1922	9
1924	5
1925	7
1926	6
1931	6
1932	5
1935	5
1936	5
1938	5
1939	5
1940	4
1941	4
1942	12
1943	6
1944	11
1945	8
1946	18
1947	7
1948	6
1949	6
1950	3
1951	4
1952	3
1953	3
1954	4
1955	7
1956	4
1957	4
1958	4
1959	6
1960	6
1961	7
1962	5
1963	5
1964	6
1965	6
1966	5
1967	5
1968	9
1969	4
1970	8
1971	8
1972	5
1973	13
1974	10
1975	14
1976	21
1977	22
1978	12
1979	22
1980	18
1981	10
1982	8
1983	11
1984	11
1985	10
1986	7
1987	3
1988	4
1989	8
1990	12
1991	7
1992	14
1993	9
1994	11
1995	14
1996	7
1997	6
1998	13
1999	8
2000	10
2001	11
2002	6
2003	7
2004	7
2005	13
2006	19
2007	7
2008	12
2009	10
2010	10
2011	8
2012	9
2013	8
2014	8
2015	9
2016	9
2017	11
2018	8
2019	8
2020	6
2021	12
2022	14
2023	11
2024	6
2025	11

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Memory isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 17
Rank in 2025: #6,546
How rare: 1 in 94,545 girls
Since 1922: 1,350

Most popular in 1979, at 22 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 18% per million girls born.

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