Aquarius

Popularity Trends

The name Aquarius is the #7,332 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 407 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,481 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 235 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,414 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 172 births since 1971.

Aquarius first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Aquarius is available in 41 out of the 51 years between 1970 and 2020 (30 years for girls and 25 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 Aquarius has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.7% of all recorded births). In 2020, 0.0% of babies named Aquarius were girls. Interestingly, until around 2005, the name was more popular for girls (68.4% girls from 1970 to 2004), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (81.6% boys from 2005 to 2020).

For girls, Aquarius reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #853) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.

For boys, Aquarius reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #772) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.

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

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Key Statistics

Total Births

235

Peak Births

Peak Year

1993

First Recorded

1970

Peak Percentile

1.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#853

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Total Births

172

Peak Births

Peak Year

1996

First Recorded

1971

Peak Percentile

0.8%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#772

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Aquarius", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Aquarius.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Aquarius's popularity from 1967 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Aquarius at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Aquarius range from Tori at 86.4% correlation to Jacy at 82.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 82.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Hayley with 51.0K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Brina with 1.4K births (100% girls).

Aquarius' share of births peaked at 12.5 births per million in 1993 (9.5 for girls in 1993 and 5.5 for boys in 1996). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (19% of peak) in 2006. In 2020, the most recent period with data, the name Aquarius had 4.3 births per million, 35% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Tori

38k

86.37% (very strong)

Mikal

3,872

84.89% (very strong)

Cherokee

2,890

82.83% (very strong)

Deshon

2,693

82.75% (very strong)

Brina

1,360

82.60% (very strong)

Darian

22.7k

82.55% (very strong)

Keana

2,707

82.50% (very strong)

Diante

1,386

82.18% (very strong)

Dashon

1,625

82.11% (very strong)

Tyree

15.4k

82.07% (very strong)

Hayley

51k

81.98% (very strong)

Jacy

4,130

81.96% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Aquarius

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Aquarius. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Aquarius is pronounced as uhk-WEH-ree-uhs, which has 4 syllables.

uhk-WEH-ree-uhs

100.0%

uhk-WEH-ree-uhs (4 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

AH0 K W EH1 R IY0 AH0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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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 AH0 K W EH1 R IY0 AH0 S) 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.

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