Counterfactual

The Parallel Lives of Kassidy and Ida

In 240 girls, Kassidy found its level. 50 years earlier, Ida occupied that same statistical address.

1975–2025

Kassidy

peak 2000 2025 18801900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 2000
Peak births 1,007
Latest count 240
Status Declining
Peak generation Gen Z
1880–2025

Ida

peak 1918 2025 18801900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1918
Peak births 4,450
Latest count 209
Status Endangered
Peak generation Greatest Generation
In 240 girls, Kassidy found its level. 50 years earlier, Ida occupied that same address. One peaked in the Greatest Generation era; the other in the Gen Z world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.