Cerulean

Popularity Trends

The name Cerulean is the #7,716 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23 recorded births since 2017. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,563 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 2017.

Cerulean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2017 (first recorded for boys in 2017). Birth data for Cerulean is available in 4 out of the 7 years between 2017 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, Cerulean reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #913) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Cerulean is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.

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

2017 2023 20172023

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2017

First Recorded

2017

Peak Percentile

0.1%

Current Percentile

0.1%

Peak Rank

#913

Current Rank

#910

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Cerulean", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Cerulean.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Cerulean's popularity from 2014 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts. For less common names, correlations may be less meaningful because we only have data for years in which at least 5 births of the same gender were recorded.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Cerulean at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Cerulean range from Ilerioluwa at 99.7% correlation to Akorede at 91.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 95.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Xi with 71 births (52% boys) and the least popular is Saanvireddy with 22 births (100% girls).

Cerulean's share of births peaked at 3.3 births per million for boys in 2017. It reached its lowest point of 2.6 births per million (79% of peak) in 2019. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Cerulean had 3.3 births per million, 100% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

99.71% (very strong)

99.28% (very strong)

99.27% (very strong)

98.90% (very strong)

98.24% (very strong)

97.64% (very strong)

94.51% (very strong)

92.87% (very strong)

92.24% (very strong)

92.07% (very strong)

Zaheen

91.75% (very strong)

Akorede

91.62% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Cerulean

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Cerulean. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 61.3% confident that Cerulean is pronounced as ser-UE-lee-uhn, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-RUE-lee-uhn, at 22.6% confidence, with 4 syllables.

61.3%

22.6%

9.7%

6.5%

ser-UE-lee-uhn (4 syllables)

61.3% confidence

S ER0 UW1 L IY0 AH0 N

suh-RUE-lee-uhn (4 syllables)

22.6% confidence

S AH0 R UW1 L IY0 AH0 N

SEH-ruh-lee-uhn (4 syllables)

9.7% confidence

S EH1 R AH0 L IY0 AH0 N

SEH-rue-lee-uhn (4 syllables)

6.5% confidence

S EH1 R UW0 L IY0 AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Cerulean? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Cerulean. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Cerulean, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S ER0 UW1 L IY0 AH0 N) 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.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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