Terra

Girl · recorded 1940–2025

  • #2,410in 2025
  • 1 in 21,719girls in 2025
  • −13%last ten years

Most popular in 1980.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1940

018236419401961198320042025

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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 85 recorded years as a table
Terra, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19404
19426
19436
19445
19455
19464
19476
19489
19498
19508
195113
195212
195316
195417
195523
195623
195726
195822
195926
196015
196125
196226
196337
196439
196533
196641
196739
196841
196944
1970158
1971237
1972321
1973322
1974353
1975361
1976332
1977354
1978332
1979345
1980364
1981290
1982308
1983305
1984308
1985273
1986241
1987210
1988213
1989201
1990187
1991162
1992154
1993146
1994142
1995132
1996116
1997101
199899
1999107
200089
200166
200276
200372
200455
200569
200650
200751
200852
200950
201045
201150
201258
201348
201448
201553
201655
201751
201848
201952
202050
202148
202253
202356
202444
202546

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. California 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
74
Rank in 2025
#2,410
How rare
1 in 21,719 girls
Since 1940
15,429

Most popular in 1980, at 364 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 13% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.2×28

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