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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

Rita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	209
1881	218
1882	195
1883	134
1884	186
1885	233
1886	194
1887	274
1888	291
1889	420
1890	284
1891	350
1892	410
1893	446
1894	467
1895	449
1896	458
1897	500
1898	564
1899	631
1900	540
1901	564
1902	560
1903	664
1904	603
1905	645
1906	687
1907	835
1908	763
1909	850
1910	840
1911	963
1912	1,140
1913	1,755
1914	2,639
1915	3,113
1916	3,329
1917	3,579
1918	3,841
1919	3,995
1920	4,155
1921	4,182
1922	4,143
1923	4,223
1924	4,309
1925	4,372
1926	4,231
1927	4,264
1928	4,171
1929	4,269
1930	4,858
1931	4,333
1932	3,988
1933	3,810
1934	3,527
1935	3,413
1936	3,205
1937	3,215
1938	3,042
1939	2,907
1940	3,010
1941	3,211
1942	3,484
1943	3,591
1944	3,413
1945	3,276
1946	3,521
1947	3,374
1948	3,437
1949	3,889
1950	3,750
1951	3,562
1952	3,315
1953	3,340
1954	3,366
1955	3,117
1956	3,015
1957	2,943
1958	2,655
1959	2,447
1960	2,486
1961	2,245
1962	2,086
1963	1,976
1964	1,831
1965	1,738
1966	1,588
1967	1,442
1968	1,264
1969	1,029
1970	910
1971	852
1972	788
1973	707
1974	676
1975	606
1976	586
1977	523
1978	582
1979	549
1980	506
1981	513
1982	419
1983	354
1984	360
1985	342
1986	317
1987	298
1988	272
1989	223
1990	229
1991	226
1992	212
1993	189
1994	178
1995	168
1996	173
1997	138
1998	139
1999	129
2000	138
2001	150
2002	136
2003	109
2004	118
2005	119
2006	109
2007	109
2008	98
2009	90
2010	99
2011	96
2012	96
2013	104
2014	96
2015	106
2016	119
2017	120
2018	109
2019	101
2020	114
2021	91
2022	109
2023	102
2024	99
2025	108

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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New York 1.8×
California 1.3×
Texas 0.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 174
Rank in 2025: #1,285
How rare: 1 in 9,237 girls
Since 1880: 284,452

Most popular in 1930, at 4,858 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 2% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
New York	1.8×	43
California	1.3×	65
Texas	0.6×	29

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