girls:
64 births since 2014
#5652 (1st percentile)
boys:
132 births since 2011
#4454 (3rd percentile)
overall:
196 births since 2011
#7543 (3rd percentile)
The name Bravery is the #7,543 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 196 recorded births since 2011. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,454 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 132 births since 2011. For girls, it ranks #5,652 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 64 births since 2014.
Bravery first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2011 (2011 for boys and 2014 for girls).
The name Bravery has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 53.3% of babies named Bravery were boys.
For boys, Bravery reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #903) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Bravery ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 44.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bravery reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #955) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bravery ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 74.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bravery".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Bravery. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Bravery is pronounced as BRAY-ver-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAY-vree, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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