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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

Theodora, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	121
1881	54
1883	98
1884	47
1885	135
1886	55
1887	82
1888	101
1889	101
1890	137
1891	124
1892	104
1893	70
1894	90
1895	120
1896	88
1897	85
1898	112
1899	69
1900	80
1901	79
1902	91
1903	92
1904	142
1905	137
1906	139
1907	116
1908	156
1909	121
1910	101
1911	120
1912	108
1913	139
1914	102
1915	131
1916	117
1917	119
1918	143
1919	118
1920	146
1921	149
1922	143
1923	131
1924	142
1925	126
1926	111
1927	131
1928	130
1929	126
1930	101
1931	101
1932	108
1933	89
1934	79
1935	82
1936	58
1937	157
1938	132
1939	119
1940	110
1941	116
1942	140
1943	101
1944	105
1945	109
1946	80
1947	81
1948	77
1949	78
1950	61
1951	58
1952	67
1953	62
1954	53
1955	51
1956	52
1957	42
1958	45
1959	54
1960	41
1961	44
1962	42
1963	39
1964	45
1965	36
1966	41
1967	42
1968	26
1969	33
1970	23
1971	31
1972	36
1973	37
1974	34
1975	32
1976	29
1977	24
1978	20
1979	18
1980	25
1981	21
1982	22
1983	25
1984	24
1985	28
1986	30
1987	28
1988	23
1989	23
1990	21
1991	19
1992	23
1993	32
1994	27
1995	31
1996	26
1997	19
1998	29
1999	27
2000	24
2001	21
2002	26
2003	28
2004	24
2005	22
2006	26
2007	24
2008	22
2009	24
2010	26
2011	35
2012	39
2013	55
2014	48
2015	45
2016	61
2017	62
2018	93
2019	187
2020	203
2021	236
2022	260
2023	226
2024	214
2025	239

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Massachusetts 2.0×
Maryland 1.9×
Illinois 1.9×
Pennsylvania 1.9×
Minnesota 1.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 384
Rank in 2025: #725
How rare: 1 in 4,185 girls
Since 1880: 12,654

Most popular in 2022, at 260 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 427% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Massachusetts	2.0×	32
Maryland	1.9×	27
Illinois	1.9×	58
Pennsylvania	1.9×	60
Minnesota	1.8×	26

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