boys:
254 births since 1996
#4332 (5th percentile)
overall:
254 births since 1996
#7485 (3rd percentile)
The name Avishai is the #7,485 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 254 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,332 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 254 births since 1996.
Avishai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (first recorded for boys in 1996). Birth data for Avishai is available in 25 out of the 28 years between 1996 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, Avishai reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #909) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Avishai ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 56.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Avishai".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Avishai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Avishai is pronounced as ah-vih-SHAI, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-VIH-shai, at 12.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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