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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

Minerva, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	692
1881	576
1882	519
1883	463
1884	566
1885	579
1886	450
1887	438
1888	442
1889	443
1890	467
1891	318
1892	386
1893	287
1894	368
1895	321
1896	412
1897	316
1898	305
1899	352
1900	337
1901	351
1902	333
1903	290
1904	232
1905	302
1906	284
1907	198
1908	254
1909	274
1910	252
1911	273
1912	199
1913	232
1914	183
1915	208
1916	173
1917	195
1918	173
1919	164
1920	170
1921	164
1922	164
1923	128
1924	147
1925	152
1926	121
1927	132
1928	133
1929	142
1930	139
1931	130
1932	137
1933	124
1934	121
1935	96
1936	100
1937	109
1938	110
1939	104
1940	92
1941	98
1942	91
1943	108
1944	117
1945	86
1946	91
1947	73
1948	87
1949	90
1950	84
1951	93
1952	92
1953	104
1954	95
1955	113
1956	96
1957	104
1958	102
1959	88
1960	102
1961	108
1962	80
1963	93
1964	78
1965	87
1966	76
1967	94
1968	71
1969	74
1970	73
1971	72
1972	72
1973	87
1974	62
1975	69
1976	85
1977	62
1978	48
1979	64
1980	58
1981	67
1982	53
1983	45
1984	38
1985	48
1986	49
1987	41
1988	39
1989	49
1990	47
1991	43
1992	46
1993	37
1994	40
1995	35
1996	33
1997	32
1998	29
1999	27
2000	28
2001	25
2002	31
2003	33
2004	32
2005	32
2006	34
2007	37
2008	25
2009	22
2010	21
2011	22
2012	22
2013	26
2014	26
2015	29
2016	37
2017	39
2018	48
2019	50
2020	43
2021	51
2022	51
2023	58
2024	46
2025	55

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

California 1.6×
Texas 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 89
Rank in 2025: #2,099
How rare: 1 in 18,059 girls
Since 1880: 15,823

Most popular in 1880, at 692 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 94% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
California	1.6×	43
Texas	1.2×	30

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