girls:
259 births since 1923
#5457 (4th percentile)
boys:
942 births since 1886
#3649 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1886
#6539 (15th percentile)
The name Amil is the #6,539 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,201 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 15.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,649 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 942 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #5,457 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 259 births since 1923.
Amil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1923 for girls). Birth data for Amil is available in 80 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (80 years for boys and 18 years for girls). 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 Amil has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 87.8% of babies named Amil were boys.
For boys, Amil reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #866) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1886, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amil ranks #880 for boys (3.4% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 46.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Amil reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #854) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Amil ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 11.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amil".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Amil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.3% confident that Amil is pronounced as uh-MEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MIHL, at 13.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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