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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

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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 83 recorded years as a table

Lovely, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1918	5
1919	7
1920	5
1921	6
1923	4
1924	6
1925	6
1926	7
1932	5
1933	5
1935	6
1937	7
1938	5
1940	4
1943	5
1944	4
1946	3
1947	5
1949	7
1950	4
1952	4
1955	5
1957	5
1958	3
1959	3
1960	4
1962	3
1963	3
1966	4
1970	5
1971	4
1972	4
1973	8
1976	5
1977	9
1978	12
1979	9
1980	10
1981	10
1982	9
1983	7
1984	10
1985	10
1986	13
1987	10
1988	10
1989	5
1990	11
1991	10
1992	10
1993	10
1994	15
1995	10
1996	15
1997	14
1998	19
1999	20
2000	20
2001	17
2002	22
2003	18
2004	19
2005	24
2006	21
2007	22
2008	24
2009	47
2010	47
2011	32
2012	47
2013	40
2014	46
2015	39
2016	34
2017	42
2018	43
2019	54
2020	44
2021	47
2022	58
2023	65
2024	57
2025	52

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

California 1.2×
Texas 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 83
Rank in 2025: #2,214
How rare: 1 in 19,364 girls
Since 1918: 2,385

Most popular in 2023, at 65 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 34% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
California	1.2×	35
Texas	1.0×	29

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