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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 96 recorded years as a table

Sula, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	99
1881	65
1882	93
1883	62
1884	93
1885	53
1886	69
1887	82
1888	101
1889	95
1890	74
1891	97
1892	75
1893	70
1894	54
1895	51
1896	92
1897	68
1898	66
1899	77
1900	90
1901	79
1902	34
1903	53
1904	54
1905	55
1906	58
1907	69
1908	57
1909	49
1910	38
1911	55
1912	25
1913	43
1914	42
1915	27
1916	27
1917	29
1918	22
1919	25
1920	21
1921	28
1922	18
1923	20
1924	18
1925	23
1926	18
1927	17
1928	8
1929	15
1930	16
1931	11
1932	17
1933	15
1934	20
1935	17
1936	12
1937	15
1938	8
1939	11
1940	10
1941	11
1942	9
1943	11
1944	13
1945	8
1946	12
1947	6
1948	9
1949	8
1950	5
1951	4
1953	3
1958	3
1959	5
1960	2
1961	3
1967	3
1968	4
2004	3
2005	3
2009	4
2011	3
2012	5
2013	5
2014	5
2015	6
2016	3
2017	6
2018	5
2020	6
2021	7
2022	6
2023	3
2024	7
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sula isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 7
Rank in 2025: #11,932
How rare: 1 in 229,609 girls
Since 1880: 1,404

Most popular in 1888, at 101 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 22% per million girls born.

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