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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

Odessa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	154
1881	163
1882	93
1883	160
1884	140
1885	128
1886	131
1887	192
1888	140
1889	224
1890	179
1891	264
1892	174
1893	244
1894	256
1895	218
1896	189
1897	269
1898	255
1899	232
1900	304
1901	355
1902	341
1903	336
1904	389
1905	387
1906	447
1907	461
1908	485
1909	484
1910	489
1911	447
1912	403
1913	408
1914	347
1915	349
1916	338
1917	342
1918	377
1919	404
1920	387
1921	363
1922	374
1923	369
1924	370
1925	359
1926	327
1927	301
1928	316
1929	266
1930	257
1931	247
1932	261
1933	255
1934	260
1935	214
1936	219
1937	223
1938	179
1939	173
1940	161
1941	176
1942	133
1943	110
1944	145
1945	122
1946	97
1947	90
1948	107
1949	78
1950	80
1951	83
1952	72
1953	64
1954	64
1955	53
1956	56
1957	43
1958	52
1959	47
1960	47
1961	42
1962	43
1963	28
1964	48
1965	36
1966	33
1967	32
1968	29
1969	33
1970	22
1971	29
1972	28
1973	42
1974	29
1975	32
1976	36
1977	34
1978	35
1979	40
1980	27
1981	27
1982	39
1983	33
1984	24
1985	22
1986	19
1987	21
1988	23
1989	21
1990	25
1991	26
1992	20
1993	21
1994	20
1995	30
1996	22
1997	30
1998	23
1999	31
2000	31
2001	29
2002	29
2003	32
2004	33
2005	25
2006	27
2007	33
2008	31
2009	24
2010	28
2011	26
2012	26
2013	27
2014	34
2015	42
2016	46
2017	57
2018	66
2019	70
2020	81
2021	77
2022	70
2023	68
2024	82
2025	120

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

California 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 193
Rank in 2025: #1,192
How rare: 1 in 8,327 girls
Since 1880: 18,564

Most popular in 1910, at 489 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 186% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
California	1.0×	43

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