Bedelia

girls:

81 births since 1918

#5635 (1st percentile)

overall:

81 births since 1918

#7658 (1st percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Bedelia is the #7,658 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 81 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 1.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,635 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 81 births since 1918.

Bedelia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for girls in 1918). Birth data for Bedelia is available in 10 out of the 51 years between 1918 and 1968. 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, Bedelia reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #666) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1947, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1968.

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

1918 1968 19181968

Key Statistics

Total Births
81
Peak Births
24
Peak Year
1947
First Recorded
1918
Peak Percentile
2.8%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#666
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Bedelia

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Bedelia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 57.1% confident that Bedelia is pronounced as bih-DEEL-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is buh-DEEL-yuh, at 11.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.

bih-DEEL-yuh (3 syllables)
57.1% confidence
B IH0 D IY1 L Y AH0
buh-DEEL-yuh (3 syllables)
11.4% confidence
B AH0 D IY1 L Y AH0
bih-DEE-lee-uh (4 syllables)
11.4% confidence
B IH0 D IY1 L IY0 AH0
bee-DEEL-yuh (3 syllables)
11.4% confidence
B IY0 D IY1 L Y AH0
buh-DEE-lee-uh (4 syllables)
8.6% confidence
B AH0 D IY1 L IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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The raw pronunciations shown (like B IH0 D IY1 L Y AH0) 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.

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