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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

Roberta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	374
1881	446
1882	325
1883	427
1884	426
1885	338
1886	498
1887	438
1888	414
1889	409
1890	478
1891	474
1892	405
1893	385
1894	520
1895	556
1896	475
1897	555
1898	556
1899	601
1900	664
1901	689
1902	666
1903	783
1904	766
1905	833
1906	789
1907	913
1908	885
1909	1,017
1910	1,092
1911	1,054
1912	1,242
1913	1,209
1914	1,209
1915	1,175
1916	1,257
1917	1,319
1918	1,451
1919	1,373
1920	1,365
1921	1,405
1922	1,381
1923	1,374
1924	1,419
1925	1,445
1926	1,583
1927	1,872
1928	1,667
1929	1,765
1930	1,734
1931	1,836
1932	2,102
1933	2,023
1934	2,271
1935	3,033
1936	3,332
1937	3,353
1938	3,214
1939	3,109
1940	3,000
1941	2,811
1942	3,039
1943	2,988
1944	2,821
1945	2,756
1946	2,556
1947	2,404
1948	2,160
1949	2,139
1950	2,119
1951	2,210
1952	2,280
1953	2,285
1954	2,082
1955	1,935
1956	1,926
1957	1,813
1958	1,641
1959	1,522
1960	1,406
1961	1,269
1962	1,287
1963	1,205
1964	1,202
1965	1,206
1966	1,075
1967	981
1968	910
1969	893
1970	787
1971	703
1972	643
1973	595
1974	559
1975	460
1976	421
1977	375
1978	345
1979	308
1980	290
1981	277
1982	243
1983	201
1984	187
1985	169
1986	166
1987	150
1988	117
1989	126
1990	106
1991	101
1992	89
1993	82
1994	67
1995	61
1996	62
1997	55
1998	49
1999	43
2000	36
2001	39
2002	36
2003	23
2004	25
2005	29
2006	35
2007	31
2008	22
2009	21
2010	25
2011	34
2012	32
2013	24
2014	37
2015	35
2016	34
2017	32
2018	34
2019	35
2020	25
2021	29
2022	40
2023	40
2024	38
2025	38

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Texas 3.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 61
Rank in 2025: #2,778
How rare: 1 in 26,348 girls
Since 1880: 171,548

Most popular in 1937, at 3,353 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 9% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Texas	3.7×	70

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