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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1936

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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 89 recorded years as a table

Barbie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1936	5
1938	6
1939	8
1940	5
1941	6
1942	7
1943	7
1944	6
1945	13
1946	10
1947	11
1948	12
1949	10
1950	11
1951	13
1952	12
1953	11
1954	13
1955	13
1956	14
1957	22
1958	31
1959	34
1960	41
1961	65
1962	77
1963	88
1964	100
1965	69
1966	70
1967	99
1968	74
1969	57
1970	68
1971	63
1972	53
1973	49
1974	52
1975	57
1976	61
1977	61
1978	50
1979	46
1980	44
1981	47
1982	38
1983	32
1984	30
1985	24
1986	30
1987	21
1988	20
1989	15
1990	23
1991	17
1992	15
1993	12
1994	15
1995	10
1996	9
1997	14
1998	12
1999	8
2000	12
2001	11
2002	14
2003	10
2004	14
2005	11
2006	13
2007	15
2008	16
2009	16
2010	20
2011	16
2012	9
2013	22
2014	14
2015	19
2016	16
2017	17
2018	12
2019	21
2020	16
2021	23
2022	16
2023	21
2024	31
2025	21

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Pennsylvania 20.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 33
Rank in 2025: #4,265
How rare: 1 in 48,705 girls
Since 1936: 4,204

Most popular in 1964, at 100 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 8% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Pennsylvania	20.5×	70

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