girls:
10 births since 1990
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1979
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
15 births since 1979
#7724 (0th percentile)
The name Bai is the #7,724 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1979.
Bai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Bai is available in 3 out of the 27 years between 1979 and 2005 (2 years for girls and 1 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 Bai has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2005, 100.0% of babies named Bai were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1979 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1990 to 2005).
For girls, Bai reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #939) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
For boys, Bai reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #688) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bai".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Bai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Bai is pronounced as bai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is bay, at 13.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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