Counterfactual
The Parallel Lives of May and Alejandra
In 183 girls, May found its level. 50 years earlier, Alejandra occupied that same statistical address.
1880–2025
May
Peak year
1919
Peak births
981
Latest count
183
Status
Rising
Peak generation
Greatest Generation
1900–2025
Alejandra
Peak year
1994
Peak births
2,187
Latest count
486
Status
Stable
Peak generation
Millennial
In 183 girls, May found its level. 50 years earlier, Alejandra occupied that same address. One peaked in the Millennial era; the other in the Greatest Generation world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.