boys:
3.5k births since 1912
#2101 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1912
#4607 (40th percentile)
The name Achilles is the #4,607 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,525 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 40.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,101 (54.2% percentile) for all time with 3,525 births since 1912.
Achilles first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Achilles is available in 61 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Achilles reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 27.3% percentile (ranked #664) with 132 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 132 births per million (ranked 27.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Achilles ranks #757 for boys (16.9% percentile) with 87 births per million, which is 65.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Achilles".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Achilles. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.9% confident that Achilles is pronounced as uh-KIH-leez, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-KIH-LEEZ, at 24.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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