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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1890

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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 134 recorded years as a table

Gwen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1890	42
1891	38
1892	24
1893	42
1895	21
1896	25
1897	21
1899	64
1900	37
1901	67
1902	49
1903	61
1904	62
1905	55
1906	51
1907	60
1908	63
1909	121
1910	61
1911	98
1912	90
1913	102
1914	100
1915	95
1916	80
1917	102
1918	70
1919	82
1920	78
1921	82
1922	87
1923	91
1924	94
1925	90
1926	134
1927	124
1928	163
1929	185
1930	220
1931	177
1932	224
1933	258
1934	241
1935	288
1936	291
1937	263
1938	343
1939	326
1940	312
1941	282
1942	287
1943	275
1944	248
1945	279
1946	307
1947	287
1948	264
1949	261
1950	267
1951	238
1952	255
1953	305
1954	351
1955	378
1956	380
1957	406
1958	444
1959	466
1960	442
1961	437
1962	437
1963	348
1964	323
1965	274
1966	274
1967	226
1968	221
1969	215
1970	203
1971	221
1972	198
1973	147
1974	194
1975	222
1976	188
1977	142
1978	134
1979	131
1980	105
1981	92
1982	80
1983	79
1984	64
1985	60
1986	40
1987	46
1988	28
1989	35
1990	29
1991	30
1992	25
1993	23
1994	29
1995	21
1996	27
1997	34
1998	35
1999	31
2000	37
2001	51
2002	75
2003	82
2004	67
2005	84
2006	84
2007	97
2008	106
2009	101
2010	92
2011	111
2012	127
2013	152
2014	156
2015	211
2016	210
2017	184
2018	173
2019	195
2020	205
2021	198
2022	201
2023	213
2024	249
2025	239

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

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Utah 7.3×
Indiana 2.1×
Minnesota 1.7×
Colorado 1.7×
Massachusetts 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 384
Rank in 2025: #725
How rare: 1 in 4,185 girls
Since 1890: 32,617

Most popular in 1959, at 466 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 13% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Utah	7.3×	85
Indiana	2.1×	42
Minnesota	1.7×	26
Colorado	1.7×	27
Massachusetts	1.7×	28

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