girls:
133 births since 1966
#5583 (2nd percentile)
boys:
22 births since 1971
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
155 births since 1966
#7584 (2nd percentile)
The name Chalon is the #7,584 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 155 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,583 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 133 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1971.
Chalon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Chalon is available in 21 out of the 36 years between 1966 and 2001 (18 years for girls and 4 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 Chalon has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2001, 0.0% of babies named Chalon were girls.
For girls, Chalon reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #759) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
For boys, Chalon reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #767) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chalon".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Chalon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.4% confident that Chalon is pronounced as shuh-LAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is chuh-LUHN, at 13.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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