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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

Carolyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	879
1881	653
1882	575
1883	516
1884	581
1885	646
1886	567
1887	664
1888	689
1889	746
1890	651
1891	593
1892	575
1893	686
1894	659
1895	633
1896	626
1897	619
1898	653
1899	605
1900	617
1901	618
1902	678
1903	599
1904	665
1905	720
1906	623
1907	578
1908	838
1909	861
1910	835
1911	925
1912	926
1913	1,082
1914	1,096
1915	1,114
1916	1,164
1917	1,131
1918	1,148
1919	1,177
1920	1,299
1921	1,422
1922	1,420
1923	1,666
1924	1,779
1925	1,798
1926	2,037
1927	2,353
1928	2,469
1929	2,930
1930	3,308
1931	3,764
1932	4,298
1933	5,003
1934	6,198
1935	6,644
1936	7,599
1937	8,403
1938	9,593
1939	10,295
1940	11,068
1941	13,470
1942	14,791
1943	14,596
1944	14,067
1945	13,193
1946	12,666
1947	11,700
1948	10,968
1949	10,173
1950	9,100
1951	8,444
1952	7,697
1953	6,867
1954	6,258
1955	5,717
1956	5,297
1957	5,661
1958	5,376
1959	4,807
1960	4,650
1961	5,206
1962	4,928
1963	4,215
1964	4,257
1965	3,946
1966	3,617
1967	3,464
1968	3,376
1969	3,040
1970	2,584
1971	2,169
1972	1,967
1973	1,762
1974	1,684
1975	1,609
1976	1,444
1977	1,433
1978	1,420
1979	1,279
1980	1,161
1981	1,174
1982	1,186
1983	1,146
1984	1,084
1985	1,068
1986	1,010
1987	1,043
1988	1,012
1989	981
1990	903
1991	831
1992	823
1993	818
1994	689
1995	668
1996	690
1997	610
1998	510
1999	585
2000	568
2001	483
2002	457
2003	384
2004	398
2005	339
2006	309
2007	257
2008	237
2009	232
2010	213
2011	211
2012	205
2013	198
2014	210
2015	211
2016	199
2017	189
2018	184
2019	168
2020	167
2021	133
2022	118
2023	142
2024	128
2025	115

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Ohio 2.6×
Pennsylvania 2.2×
North Carolina 1.4×
Florida 1.0×
New York 0.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 185
Rank in 2025: #1,222
How rare: 1 in 8,687 girls
Since 1880: 556,777

Most popular in 1942, at 14,791 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 45% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Ohio	2.6×	47
Pennsylvania	2.2×	40
North Carolina	1.4×	25
Florida	1.0×	32
New York	0.9×	28

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