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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 145 recorded years as a table

Ruthie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	55
1881	65
1882	56
1883	53
1884	39
1885	53
1887	62
1888	56
1889	67
1890	32
1891	59
1892	57
1893	80
1894	67
1895	116
1896	101
1897	94
1898	85
1899	77
1900	70
1901	109
1902	83
1903	103
1904	91
1905	106
1906	142
1907	122
1908	141
1909	109
1910	149
1911	151
1912	159
1913	154
1914	140
1915	123
1916	140
1917	137
1918	153
1919	169
1920	194
1921	198
1922	208
1923	266
1924	299
1925	313
1926	347
1927	359
1928	334
1929	341
1930	353
1931	337
1932	342
1933	364
1934	361
1935	378
1936	356
1937	354
1938	352
1939	355
1940	351
1941	296
1942	304
1943	268
1944	297
1945	288
1946	269
1947	234
1948	236
1949	232
1950	220
1951	174
1952	204
1953	195
1954	170
1955	157
1956	163
1957	157
1958	142
1959	142
1960	134
1961	115
1962	107
1963	102
1964	101
1965	85
1966	71
1967	67
1968	57
1969	50
1970	52
1971	52
1972	48
1973	39
1974	42
1975	35
1976	29
1977	23
1978	22
1979	36
1980	39
1981	20
1982	22
1983	25
1984	17
1985	21
1986	10
1987	20
1988	26
1989	14
1990	13
1991	13
1992	10
1993	13
1994	8
1995	10
1996	15
1997	13
1998	16
1999	22
2000	15
2001	23
2002	32
2003	31
2004	44
2005	42
2006	48
2007	38
2008	59
2009	53
2010	57
2011	51
2012	53
2013	65
2014	60
2015	75
2016	77
2017	79
2018	98
2019	95
2020	113
2021	143
2022	159
2023	181
2024	189
2025	217

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Alabama 4.2×
Tennessee 3.9×
Iowa 3.9×
South Carolina 2.5×
Missouri 2.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 349
Rank in 2025: #778
How rare: 1 in 4,605 girls
Since 1880: 22,624

Most popular in 1935, at 378 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 189% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Alabama	4.2×	46
Tennessee	3.9×	74
Iowa	3.9×	27
South Carolina	2.5×	27
Missouri	2.5×	35

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