Counterfactual
The Parallel Lives of Loyalty and Wilma
In 109 girls, Loyalty found its level. 50 years earlier, Wilma occupied that same statistical address.
2004–2025
Loyalty
Peak year
2021
Peak births
269
Latest count
109
Status
Stable
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
1880–2025
Wilma
Peak year
1925
Peak births
4,175
Latest count
41
Status
Endangered
Peak generation
Greatest Generation
In 109 girls, Loyalty found its level. 50 years earlier, Wilma occupied that same address. One peaked in the Greatest Generation era; the other in the Gen Alpha world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.