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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1936

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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 88 recorded years as a table

Sherlyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1936	5
1938	5
1939	8
1940	6
1941	7
1942	10
1943	6
1944	21
1945	18
1946	38
1947	30
1948	33
1949	32
1950	40
1951	33
1952	24
1953	23
1954	27
1955	27
1956	27
1957	22
1958	19
1959	22
1960	17
1961	20
1962	20
1963	23
1964	22
1965	29
1966	21
1967	21
1968	25
1969	18
1970	19
1971	14
1972	12
1973	16
1974	12
1975	11
1976	8
1977	8
1978	8
1979	11
1980	10
1981	7
1982	8
1983	4
1984	9
1985	5
1986	9
1987	5
1988	6
1989	7
1990	6
1991	3
1992	7
1993	12
1994	6
1995	7
1997	5
1998	7
1999	5
2000	13
2001	31
2002	46
2003	143
2004	265
2005	204
2006	467
2007	248
2008	246
2009	303
2010	266
2011	172
2012	253
2013	241
2014	171
2015	124
2016	128
2017	125
2018	86
2019	95
2020	98
2021	78
2022	88
2023	75
2024	62
2025	45

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

California 1.7×
Texas 1.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 72
Rank in 2025: #2,458
How rare: 1 in 22,323 girls
Since 1936: 8,954

Most popular in 2006, at 467 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 64% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
California	1.7×	51
Texas	1.5×	44

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