boys:
98 births since 1976
#4488 (2nd percentile)
overall:
98 births since 1976
#7641 (1st percentile)
The name Brahim is the #7,641 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 98 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,488 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 1976.
Brahim first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Brahim is available in 14 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, Brahim reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #799) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Brahim is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #905 (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brahim".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Brahim. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.0% confident that Brahim is pronounced as brah-HEEM, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is bruh-HEEM, at 19.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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