Persephone

Girl · recorded 1962–2025

  • #734in 2025
  • 1 in 4,320girls in 2025
  • +132%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Oklahoma

Most popular in 2022, and up 132% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1962

013126219621978199420092025

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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 60 recorded years as a table
Persephone, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19623
19644
19654
19674
19684
19693
19705
19716
19729
19736
197410
19755
19767
19775
19787
19794
19805
19815
19824
19833
19844
19853
19875
19883
19898
19907
19917
19937
19944
19959
19966
199711
199814
199912
200011
200112
200211
200325
200423
200525
200631
200733
200831
200947
201062
201177
201281
201397
2014114
2015100
2016111
2017131
2018139
2019171
2020206
2021224
2022262
2023235
2024236
2025231

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Oklahoma 3.1×
  2. Oregon 3.1×
  3. Washington 1.8×
  4. Arizona 1.6×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
372
Rank in 2025
#734
How rare
1 in 4,320 girls
Since 1962
4,960

Most popular in 2022, at 262 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 132% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Oklahoma3.1×32
Oregon3.1×28
Washington1.8×36
Arizona1.6×31
Pennsylvania1.4×47

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