girls:
135 births since 1980
#5581 (2nd percentile)
boys:
168 births since 1995
#4418 (4th percentile)
overall:
303 births since 1980
#7436 (4th percentile)
The name Airen is the #7,436 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 303 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,418 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 168 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,581 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 135 births since 1980.
Airen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Airen is available in 36 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (22 years for girls and 18 years for boys). 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.
The name Airen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Airen were boys. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for girls (75.5% girls from 1980 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.8% boys from 2008 to 2023).
For boys, Airen reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #891) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Airen ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 79.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Airen reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #860) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Airen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Airen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Airen is pronounced as EH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-ruhn, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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