girls:
44 births since 2015
#5672 (1st percentile)
boys:
160 births since 2008
#4426 (3rd percentile)
overall:
204 births since 2008
#7535 (3rd percentile)
The name Anthem is the #7,535 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 204 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,426 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 160 births since 2008. For girls, it ranks #5,672 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 2015.
Anthem first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (2008 for boys and 2015 for girls). Birth data for Anthem is available in 14 out of the 16 years between 2008 and 2023 (14 years for boys and 6 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 Anthem has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 75.0% of babies named Anthem were boys.
For boys, Anthem reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #895) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Anthem is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #895 (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million.
For girls, Anthem reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #954) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Anthem ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 79.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anthem".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Anthem. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Anthem is pronounced as AN-thuhm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AN-thuhm, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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