girls:
62 births since 1970
#5654 (1st percentile)
boys:
26 births since 1972
#4560 (1st percentile)
overall:
88 births since 1970
#7651 (1st percentile)
The name Chanon is the #7,651 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 88 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,654 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,560 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1972.
Chanon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Chanon is available in 11 out of the 29 years between 1970 and 1998 (9 years for girls and 5 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 Chanon has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.5% of all recorded births being female. In 1998, 0.0% of babies named Chanon were girls. Interestingly, until around 1994, the name was more popular for girls (74.7% girls from 1970 to 1993), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1994 to 1998).
For girls, Chanon reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #736) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1987.
For boys, Chanon reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #659) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chanon".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Chanon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.7% confident that Chanon is pronounced as SHA-nuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHA-nuhn, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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