Promise

Girl · recorded 1975–2025

  • #823in 2025
  • 1 in 4,870girls in 2025
  • +49%last ten years
  • 4.7×in Mississippi

Most popular in 2023, and up 49% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1975

012324619751988200020132025

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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 51 recorded years as a table
Promise, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19753
19766
197710
19787
19796
19807
19819
19826
198310
19846
198513
19866
198712
19889
19895
19906
19916
199211
199314
199422
199526
199623
199733
199834
199934
200041
200155
200238
200354
200458
200563
200678
200793
2008107
2009110
2010122
2011123
2012120
2013124
2014139
2015138
2016121
2017140
2018173
2019191
2020197
2021238
2022223
2023246
2024208
2025205

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Mississippi 4.7×
  2. South Carolina 4.3×
  3. Georgia 4.0×
  4. Louisiana 2.8×
  5. Alabama 2.0×

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More like it

More like Promise

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
330
Rank in 2025
#823
How rare
1 in 4,870 girls
Since 1975
6,426

Most popular in 2023, at 246 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 49% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi4.7×28
South Carolina4.3×51
Georgia4.0×120
Louisiana2.8×31
Alabama2.0×25

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