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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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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 104 recorded years as a table

Zeta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1888	28
1893	23
1894	31
1895	39
1896	25
1897	51
1898	35
1899	34
1900	37
1901	33
1902	27
1903	31
1904	29
1905	21
1906	47
1907	31
1908	21
1909	23
1910	28
1911	14
1912	20
1913	18
1914	22
1915	7
1916	17
1917	20
1918	18
1919	15
1920	21
1921	15
1922	19
1923	17
1924	13
1925	19
1926	15
1927	13
1928	11
1929	15
1930	16
1931	8
1932	10
1933	21
1934	12
1935	15
1936	10
1937	7
1938	13
1939	18
1940	10
1941	8
1942	6
1944	5
1945	8
1946	6
1947	8
1948	4
1951	5
1952	3
1953	4
1954	5
1955	4
1956	5
1957	4
1958	2
1959	3
1960	5
1961	3
1962	4
1963	5
1964	5
1965	3
1966	3
1967	4
1968	3
1969	3
1972	4
1974	5
1999	7
2000	8
2001	16
2002	11
2003	13
2004	16
2005	18
2006	15
2007	12
2008	9
2009	9
2010	10
2011	14
2012	11
2013	13
2014	11
2015	5
2016	6
2017	12
2018	8
2019	8
2020	11
2021	12
2022	9
2023	5
2024	7
2025	10

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Zeta 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

More like Zeta

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 16
Rank in 2025: #6,838
How rare: 1 in 100,454 girls
Since 1888: 1,354

Most popular in 1897, at 51 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 97% per million girls born.

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