Anchor

boys:

131 births since 2012

#4455 (3rd percentile)

overall:

131 births since 2012

#7608 (2nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anchor".

2012 2023 20122023

Key Statistics

Total Births
131
Peak Births
17
Peak Year
2016
First Recorded
2012
Peak Percentile
1.3%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#888
Current Rank
#908
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Anchor

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Anchor. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 51.2% confident that Anchor is pronounced as ANGK-er. The next most likely pronunciation is AN-ker, at 26.8% confidence.

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51.2%
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26.8%
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14.6%
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7.3%
ANGK-er (2 syllables)
51.2% confidence
AE1 N G K ER0
AN-ker (2 syllables)
26.8% confidence
AE1 N K ER0
ANG-ker (2 syllables)
Verified
14.6% confidence
AE1 NG K ER0
AN-cher (2 syllables)
7.3% confidence
AE1 N CH ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Anchor. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Anchor, please vote using the thumbs up button.

AHNGK-er (2 syllables)
2 names 684 births
AA1 N G K ER0

Names with this pronunciation:

UHN-ker (2 syllables)
1 name 668 births
AH1 N K ER0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AE1 N G K ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.