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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

Priscilla, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	286
1881	294
1882	325
1883	240
1884	310
1885	241
1886	291
1887	349
1888	314
1889	219
1890	210
1891	275
1892	235
1893	240
1894	265
1895	270
1896	303
1897	312
1898	274
1899	253
1900	367
1901	301
1902	299
1903	302
1904	291
1905	302
1906	362
1907	367
1908	317
1909	285
1910	358
1911	354
1912	367
1913	386
1914	366
1915	398
1916	421
1917	422
1918	447
1919	493
1920	532
1921	586
1922	634
1923	672
1924	689
1925	682
1926	704
1927	753
1928	769
1929	754
1930	732
1931	703
1932	682
1933	671
1934	636
1935	738
1936	729
1937	749
1938	930
1939	1,406
1940	1,723
1941	1,631
1942	1,472
1943	1,314
1944	1,187
1945	1,080
1946	1,056
1947	1,090
1948	1,088
1949	1,131
1950	976
1951	883
1952	834
1953	733
1954	673
1955	655
1956	672
1957	709
1958	694
1959	628
1960	601
1961	540
1962	616
1963	647
1964	601
1965	535
1966	500
1967	528
1968	522
1969	544
1970	535
1971	543
1972	504
1973	566
1974	616
1975	495
1976	539
1977	596
1978	717
1979	782
1980	862
1981	923
1982	879
1983	903
1984	951
1985	988
1986	895
1987	948
1988	1,017
1989	944
1990	924
1991	949
1992	936
1993	882
1994	844
1995	743
1996	624
1997	664
1998	727
1999	728
2000	644
2001	628
2002	607
2003	591
2004	502
2005	492
2006	460
2007	456
2008	411
2009	420
2010	349
2011	348
2012	359
2013	363
2014	365
2015	356
2016	378
2017	343
2018	315
2019	290
2020	324
2021	291
2022	251
2023	282
2024	301
2025	345

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Missouri 1.9×
Arizona 1.9×
Kentucky 1.8×
California 1.8×
Minnesota 1.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 555
Rank in 2025: #544
How rare: 1 in 2,895 girls
Since 1880: 122,796

Most popular in 1940, at 1,723 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 3% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Missouri	1.9×	42
Arizona	1.9×	49
Kentucky	1.8×	29
California	1.8×	272
Minnesota	1.6×	32

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