girls:
22 births since 1942
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
98 births since 1974
#4488 (2nd percentile)
overall:
120 births since 1942
#7619 (2nd percentile)
The name Chun is the #7,619 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 120 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 1.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,488 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1942.
Chun first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1974 for boys). Birth data for Chun is available in 20 out of the 59 years between 1942 and 2000 (16 years for boys and 4 years for girls). 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 Chun has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2000, 100.0% of babies named Chun were boys. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1942 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1974 to 2000).
For boys, Chun reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #683) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2000.
For girls, Chun reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #683) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1947, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1956.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chun".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Chun. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Chun is pronounced as chuhn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is chuen, at 9.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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