boys:
667 births since 1973
#3920 (14th percentile)
overall:
667 births since 1973
#7072 (9th percentile)
The name Chirag is the #7,072 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 667 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,920 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 667 births since 1973.
Chirag first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for boys in 1973). Birth data for Chirag is available in 43 out of the 51 years between 1973 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, Chirag reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #667) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 17 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chirag ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 19.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chirag".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Chirag. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Chirag is pronounced as chih-RAHG, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHIH-ruhg, at 25.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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