China Popularity by Year
Follow China across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
China birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 8 | #10,917 | Up 1,244 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 7 | #12,161 | Down 2,545 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 10 | #9,616 | Down 1,985 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 14 | #7,631 | Up 5,833 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 6 | #13,464 | Down 6,541 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 16 | #6,923 | Down 509 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 18 | #6,414 | Up 995 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 15 | #7,409 | Up 1,932 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 11 | #9,341 | Down 4,996 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 33 | #4,345 | Down 50 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 33 | #4,295 | Down 26 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 34 | #4,269 | Down 756 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 44 | #3,513 | Down 49 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 46 | #3,464 | Down 475 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 57 | #2,989 | Up 170 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 52 | #3,159 | Up 785 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 39 | #3,944 | Down 299 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 44 | #3,645 | Up 141 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 42 | #3,786 | Down 562 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 51 | #3,224 | Up 33 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 47 | #3,257 | Down 292 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 53 | #2,965 | Down 125 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 54 | #2,840 | Down 373 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 64 | #2,467 | Down 580 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 92 | #1,887 | Down 607 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 151 | #1,280 | Down 65 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 156 | #1,215 | Down 191 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 194 | #1,024 | Down 125 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 5 | #9,265 | Down 465 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 224 | #899 | Up 91 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 190 | #990 | Up 14 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 186 | #1,004 | Down 52 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | — |
| 1994 | Girls | 195 | #952 | Down 79 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 222 | #873 | Down 57 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 245 | #816 | Up 161 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 192 | #977 | Up 103 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 163 | #1,080 | Up 38 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 148 | #1,118 | Up 202 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 109 | #1,320 | Up 166 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 87 | #1,486 | Up 265 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 66 | #1,751 | Up 532 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 44 | #2,283 | Down 292 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 51 | #1,991 | Down 64 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 53 | #1,927 | Up 64 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 52 | #1,991 | Down 182 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 61 | #1,809 | Down 89 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 65 | #1,720 | Up 392 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 47 | #2,112 | Down 20 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 45 | #2,092 | Down 29 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 46 | #2,063 | Up 192 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 37 | #2,255 | Up 357 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 29 | #2,612 | Down 56 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 29 | #2,556 | Up 197 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 25 | #2,753 | Up 790 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 17 | #3,543 | Down 878 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 27 | #2,665 | Up 543 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 20 | #3,208 | Down 106 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 19 | #3,102 | Up 508 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 14 | #3,610 | Up 1,372 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 8 | #4,982 | Down 1,023 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 11 | #3,959 | Down 909 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 17 | #3,050 | Up 1,305 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 10 | #4,355 | Up 941 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 7 | #5,296 | Down 2,135 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 16 | #3,161 | Up 1,385 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 9 | #4,546 | Down 1,334 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 15 | #3,212 | Up 1,088 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 9 | #4,300 | Down 107 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 9 | #4,193 | Down 884 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 13 | #3,309 | Up 2,016 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 6 | #5,325 | Down 1,256 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 9 | #4,069 | Down 1,180 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 15 | #2,889 | Up 2,151 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 6 | #5,040 | Down 1,839 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 12 | #3,201 | Up 2,213 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 5 | #5,414 | Down 741 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 6 | #4,673 | Up 570 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 5 | #5,243 | Down 1,537 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 9 | #3,706 | Up 1,254 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 5 | #4,960 | Down 935 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 6 | #4,025 | Up 549 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 5 | #4,574 | Down 378 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 6 | #4,196 | Down 1,002 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 9 | #3,194 | Up 760 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 6 | #3,954 | Down 746 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 8 | #3,208 | Up 1,134 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 5 | #4,342 | Down 2,025 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 13 | #2,317 | Up 786 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 8 | #3,103 | Up 639 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 6 | #3,742 | Down 1,175 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 11 | #2,567 | Up 542 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 8 | #3,109 | Up 549 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 7 | #3,658 | Down 737 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 10 | #2,921 | Up 822 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 7 | #3,743 | Down 690 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 10 | #3,053 | Up 820 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 7 | #3,873 | Down 1,682 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 17 | #2,191 | Up 2,870 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 5 | #5,061 | Down 1,420 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 8 | #3,641 | Down 1,029 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 13 | #2,612 | Up 1,411 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 7 | #4,023 | Down 66 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 7 | #3,957 | Down 952 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 10 | #3,005 | Up 864 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 7 | #3,869 | Down 1,317 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 12 | #2,552 | Up 281 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 10 | #2,833 | Up 67 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 9 | #2,900 | Down 466 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 9 | #2,434 | Up 393 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 6 | #2,827 | Down 1,054 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 8 | #1,773 | Up 435 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 5 | #2,208 | Down 661 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 8 | #1,547 | Up 404 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 5 | #1,951 | Down 413 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 7 | #1,538 | Up 339 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 5 | #1,877 | Down 316 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 7 | #1,561 | Down 285 places |
| 1888 | Girls | 5 | #1,276 | Down 229 places |
| 1885 | Girls | 5 | #1,047 | — |