Rainbow Popularity by Year
Follow Rainbow across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Rainbow 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 | 17 | #6,546 | Up 2,400 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 11 | #8,946 | Down 2,986 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 20 | #5,960 | Up 504 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 18 | #6,464 | Down 716 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 21 | #5,748 | Down 434 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 23 | #5,314 | Down 151 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 25 | #5,163 | Down 156 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 26 | #5,007 | Up 1,280 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 19 | #6,287 | Up 1,315 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 15 | #7,602 | Up 845 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 13 | #8,447 | Up 1,682 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 10 | #10,129 | Down 2,757 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 16 | #7,372 | Up 6,111 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 7 | #13,483 | Down 3,109 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 10 | #10,374 | Down 584 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 11 | #9,790 | Up 2,639 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 8 | #12,429 | Up 1,403 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 4,161 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 10 | #9,671 | Up 2,516 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 7 | #12,187 | Down 3,429 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 11 | #8,758 | Down 224 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 11 | #8,534 | Down 311 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 11 | #8,223 | Up 361 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 10 | #8,584 | Up 1,930 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 7 | #10,514 | Up 2,916 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 5 | #13,430 | Down 5,365 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 10 | #8,065 | Up 4,893 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 5 | #12,958 | Down 2,572 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 6 | #10,386 | Down 3,598 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 10 | #6,788 | Up 346 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 9 | #7,134 | Up 429 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 8 | #7,563 | Down 3,085 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 16 | #4,478 | Up 406 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 14 | #4,884 | Down 986 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 20 | #3,898 | Up 107 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 19 | #4,005 | Down 936 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 28 | #3,069 | Up 834 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 19 | #3,903 | Up 339 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 16 | #4,242 | Up 2,650 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 8 | #6,892 | Down 1,987 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 12 | #4,905 | Down 312 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 13 | #4,593 | Down 730 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 16 | #3,863 | Up 723 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 12 | #4,586 | Up 523 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 10 | #5,109 | Up 2,279 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 6 | #7,388 | — |