Africa · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Africa.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

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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 57 recorded years as a table

Africa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1969	4
1970	13
1971	32
1972	50
1973	43
1974	24
1975	27
1976	29
1977	22
1978	31
1979	17
1980	11
1981	11
1982	10
1983	6
1984	4
1985	5
1986	7
1987	5
1988	4
1989	5
1990	7
1991	9
1992	11
1993	11
1994	15
1995	14
1996	14
1997	10
1998	11
1999	5
2000	8
2001	8
2002	3
2003	5
2004	5
2005	4
2006	13
2007	8
2008	9
2009	9
2010	5
2011	6
2012	5
2013	8
2014	6
2015	5
2016	6
2017	8
2018	4
2019	4
2020	5
2021	6
2022	7
2023	7
2024	3
2025	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Africa 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 Africa

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 8
Rank in 2025: #10,917
How rare: 1 in 200,908 girls
Since 1969: 1,042

Most popular in 1972, at 50 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 1% per million girls born.

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