Story Popularity by Year
Follow Story across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Story 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 | Boys | 10 | #7,679 | Down 422 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 110 | #1,818 | Down 239 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 11 | #7,257 | Down 2,002 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 133 | #1,579 | Up 497 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 18 | #5,255 | Up 892 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 93 | #2,076 | Down 169 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 14 | #6,147 | Up 2,019 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 105 | #1,907 | Up 266 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 9 | #8,166 | Down 1,870 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 86 | #2,173 | Down 225 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 13 | #6,296 | Up 2,593 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 98 | #1,948 | Down 159 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 8 | #8,889 | Down 1,272 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 114 | #1,789 | Up 630 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 10 | #7,617 | Up 3,158 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 74 | #2,419 | Down 35 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Up 1,311 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 76 | #2,384 | Up 176 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 69 | #2,560 | Up 59 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Up 22 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 68 | #2,619 | Down 480 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Down 2,453 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 89 | #2,139 | Up 72 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 7 | #9,655 | Down 1,516 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 84 | #2,211 | Down 282 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 102 | #1,929 | Up 417 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 79 | #2,346 | Up 14 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 9 | #8,139 | Up 3,916 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 80 | #2,360 | Up 125 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 76 | #2,485 | Up 99 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 72 | #2,584 | Up 380 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 60 | #2,964 | Up 3,392 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 1,388 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 20 | #6,356 | Up 1,144 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 15 | #7,500 | Up 4,124 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 8 | #11,624 | Up 4,160 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 5 | #15,784 | Down 7,968 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 2,328 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 13 | #7,816 | Up 380 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Up 1,573 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 12 | #8,196 | Up 967 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 10 | #9,163 | Down 2,327 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 2,352 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 14 | #6,836 | Down 763 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Up 1,455 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 16 | #6,073 | Up 90 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 15 | #6,163 | Down 392 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | — |
| 1996 | Girls | 16 | #5,771 | Up 7,615 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 5 | #13,386 | Down 2,817 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 7 | #10,569 | Down 2,517 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 10 | #8,052 | Up 5,095 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 4,369 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 7 | #8,778 | Down 1,309 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 8 | #7,469 | Up 2,942 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 2,233 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 7 | #8,178 | Up 832 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 6 | #9,010 | Up 274 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 5 | #9,284 | Down 2,384 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 7 | #6,900 | Up 1,424 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 5 | #8,324 | — |