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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1955

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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 70 recorded years as a table

Desire, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1955	3
1957	2
1958	6
1959	6
1960	3
1961	6
1962	5
1963	8
1964	8
1965	6
1966	7
1967	5
1968	7
1969	9
1970	12
1971	10
1972	16
1973	11
1974	12
1975	18
1976	19
1977	18
1978	33
1979	28
1980	28
1981	32
1982	35
1983	51
1984	44
1985	52
1986	51
1987	62
1988	56
1989	48
1990	61
1991	78
1992	81
1993	75
1994	72
1995	82
1996	67
1997	71
1998	71
1999	83
2000	73
2001	76
2002	74
2003	65
2004	62
2005	70
2006	70
2007	66
2008	87
2009	79
2010	57
2011	60
2012	52
2013	49
2014	41
2015	39
2016	59
2017	60
2018	56
2019	50
2020	56
2021	57
2022	57
2023	57
2024	54
2025	51

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Florida 2.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 82
Rank in 2025: #2,239
How rare: 1 in 19,600 girls
Since 1955: 5,336

Most popular in 2008, at 87 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 30% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Florida	2.2×	30

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