boys:
2.1k births since 1976
#2718 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1976
#5643 (27th percentile)
The name Ashwin is the #5,643 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,144 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 27.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,718 (40.7% percentile) for all time with 2,144 births since 1976.
Ashwin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Ashwin is available in 47 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Ashwin reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #744) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 42 births per million (ranked 9.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ashwin ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 39.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ashwin".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ashwin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.4% confident that Ashwin is pronounced as ASH-wihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uhsh-WIHN, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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