girls:
186 births since 1982
#5530 (3rd percentile)
boys:
105 births since 1982
#4481 (2nd percentile)
overall:
291 births since 1982
#7448 (4th percentile)
The name Cagney is the #7,448 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 291 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,530 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 186 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,481 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1982.
Cagney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 . Birth data for Cagney is available in 19 out of the 30 years between 1982 and 2011 (17 years for girls and 8 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 Cagney has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.9% of all recorded births). In 2011, 0.0% of babies named Cagney were girls. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for boys (52.7% boys from 1982 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (77.2% girls from 1986 to 2011).
For girls, Cagney reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #782) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
For boys, Cagney reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #662) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cagney".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cagney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 92.9% confident that Cagney is pronounced as KAG-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-nee, at 7.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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