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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

Zoe, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	253
1881	239
1882	232
1883	205
1884	240
1885	203
1886	173
1887	233
1888	235
1889	163
1890	221
1891	183
1892	160
1893	108
1894	126
1895	146
1896	151
1897	149
1898	116
1899	116
1900	87
1901	109
1902	129
1903	73
1904	98
1905	82
1906	64
1907	60
1908	69
1909	63
1910	86
1911	72
1912	66
1913	45
1914	49
1915	58
1916	62
1917	53
1918	59
1919	47
1920	67
1921	73
1922	53
1923	51
1924	59
1925	60
1926	49
1927	48
1928	55
1929	65
1930	48
1931	72
1932	81
1933	78
1934	76
1935	85
1936	76
1937	68
1938	59
1939	50
1940	47
1941	50
1942	39
1943	29
1944	36
1945	34
1946	42
1947	30
1948	40
1949	47
1950	39
1951	53
1952	54
1953	51
1954	61
1955	60
1956	46
1957	70
1958	75
1959	62
1960	58
1961	61
1962	49
1963	43
1964	42
1965	43
1966	70
1967	48
1968	52
1969	55
1970	76
1971	73
1972	62
1973	83
1974	72
1975	86
1976	65
1977	80
1978	61
1979	67
1980	62
1981	67
1982	77
1983	105
1984	121
1985	114
1986	125
1987	141
1988	136
1989	204
1990	252
1991	385
1992	533
1993	659
1994	748
1995	981
1996	1,178
1997	1,357
1998	1,524
1999	1,825
2000	2,084
2001	2,580
2002	2,720
2003	2,784
2004	2,921
2005	2,687
2006	2,710
2007	2,568
2008	2,528
2009	2,804
2010	3,529
2011	3,587
2012	3,672
2013	3,407
2014	3,294
2015	3,390
2016	3,253
2017	2,996
2018	3,012
2019	3,021
2020	2,969
2021	2,888
2022	3,062
2023	3,234
2024	3,538
2025	3,513

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

District of Columbia 4.4×
Rhode Island 2.5×
Maryland 2.3×
Massachusetts 2.1×
New Jersey 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 5,646
Rank in 2025: #31
How rare: 1 in 284 girls
Since 1880: 163,256

Most popular in 2012, at 3,672 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 4% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
District of Columbia	4.4×	99
Rhode Island	2.5×	63
Maryland	2.3×	480
Massachusetts	2.1×	504
New Jersey	1.9×	715

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