girls:
2k births since 1969
#3804 (33rd percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1969
#5753 (26th percentile)
The name Batsheva is the #5,753 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,024 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 25.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,804 (33.4% percentile) for all time with 2,024 births since 1969.
Batsheva first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (first recorded for girls in 1969). Birth data for Batsheva is available in 51 out of the 55 years between 1969 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 girls, Batsheva reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 20.3% percentile (ranked #747) with 101 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 101 births per million (ranked 20.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Batsheva ranks #865 for girls (8.7% percentile) with 50 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Batsheva".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Batsheva. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.9% confident that Batsheva is pronounced as BAT-SHEH-vuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BAT-sheh-vuh, at 24.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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