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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

Evelyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	1,341
1881	1,262
1882	1,159
1883	1,238
1884	1,318
1885	1,435
1886	1,405
1887	1,329
1888	1,327
1889	1,794
1890	1,660
1891	1,952
1892	1,969
1893	2,146
1894	2,203
1895	2,697
1896	2,715
1897	2,946
1898	3,231
1899	3,442
1900	3,723
1901	4,036
1902	4,359
1903	4,623
1904	4,983
1905	5,696
1906	7,034
1907	9,527
1908	8,546
1909	9,092
1910	9,526
1911	9,744
1912	10,070
1913	10,701
1914	11,169
1915	11,785
1916	11,384
1917	11,590
1918	11,656
1919	11,787
1920	11,548
1921	11,579
1922	11,091
1923	10,920
1924	10,696
1925	10,272
1926	9,938
1927	9,640
1928	9,133
1929	8,854
1930	8,469
1931	7,976
1932	7,457
1933	6,892
1934	6,687
1935	6,256
1936	5,871
1937	5,413
1938	5,155
1939	4,862
1940	4,357
1941	4,079
1942	3,657
1943	3,520
1944	3,403
1945	3,349
1946	3,112
1947	2,958
1948	2,851
1949	2,647
1950	2,496
1951	2,350
1952	2,241
1953	2,160
1954	2,035
1955	1,946
1956	1,867
1957	1,780
1958	1,628
1959	1,614
1960	1,592
1961	1,457
1962	1,414
1963	1,332
1964	1,256
1965	1,135
1966	1,106
1967	1,044
1968	1,003
1969	861
1970	839
1971	782
1972	697
1973	696
1974	642
1975	595
1976	559
1977	543
1978	535
1979	530
1980	519
1981	619
1982	813
1983	682
1984	624
1985	658
1986	630
1987	581
1988	631
1989	635
1990	686
1991	677
1992	765
1993	745
1994	813
1995	858
1996	910
1997	903
1998	966
1999	1,107
2000	1,224
2001	1,494
2002	1,877
2003	2,026
2004	2,049
2005	2,430
2006	2,499
2007	2,629
2008	2,698
2009	3,040
2010	3,287
2011	3,814
2012	3,907
2013	4,371
2014	4,900
2015	5,253
2016	5,709
2017	6,225
2018	6,133
2019	6,222
2020	5,887
2021	5,787
2022	5,690
2023	5,684
2024	5,645
2025	5,676

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Wyoming 4.6×
Vermont 3.9×
North Dakota 2.9×
Maine 2.7×
Alaska 2.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 9,123
Rank in 2025: #8
How rare: 1 in 176 girls
Since 1880: 639,756

Most popular in 1919, at 11,787 per million girls born.

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

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Wyoming	4.6×	65
Vermont	3.9×	61
North Dakota	2.9×	127
Maine	2.7×	137
Alaska	2.6×	72

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