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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

Sidney, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	176
1881	174
1882	83
1883	80
1884	85
1885	75
1886	69
1887	55
1888	56
1889	84
1890	79
1891	119
1892	80
1893	80
1894	49
1895	77
1896	76
1897	94
1898	70
1899	51
1900	77
1901	71
1902	106
1903	73
1904	76
1905	58
1906	54
1907	63
1908	72
1909	35
1910	35
1911	57
1912	47
1913	69
1914	51
1915	64
1916	52
1917	51
1918	52
1919	53
1920	45
1921	49
1922	42
1923	51
1924	46
1925	36
1926	58
1927	45
1928	52
1929	49
1930	43
1931	45
1932	53
1933	76
1934	75
1935	89
1936	78
1937	59
1938	81
1939	57
1940	65
1941	69
1942	86
1943	98
1944	64
1945	68
1946	57
1947	65
1948	43
1949	51
1950	46
1951	54
1952	59
1953	47
1954	48
1955	47
1956	40
1957	42
1958	47
1959	36
1960	46
1961	28
1962	30
1963	34
1964	30
1965	30
1966	39
1967	32
1968	23
1969	19
1970	22
1971	17
1972	22
1973	17
1974	20
1975	28
1976	16
1977	26
1978	24
1979	19
1980	17
1981	25
1982	29
1983	31
1984	38
1985	48
1986	44
1987	55
1988	69
1989	92
1990	109
1991	173
1992	198
1993	232
1994	318
1995	502
1996	472
1997	580
1998	645
1999	687
2000	672
2001	585
2002	523
2003	520
2004	455
2005	451
2006	392
2007	347
2008	308
2009	311
2010	243
2011	235
2012	183
2013	161
2014	165
2015	151
2016	147
2017	130
2018	126
2019	107
2020	87
2021	100
2022	101
2023	80
2024	72
2025	65

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 1.5×
California 0.9×
Texas 0.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 105
Rank in 2025: #1,872
How rare: 1 in 15,307 girls
Since 1880: 24,785

Most popular in 1999, at 687 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 57% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
New York	1.5×	26
California	0.9×	32
Texas	0.7×	25

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