girls:
83 births since 1919
#5633 (1st percentile)
boys:
137 births since 1932
#4449 (3rd percentile)
overall:
220 births since 1919
#7519 (3rd percentile)
The name Clydell is the #7,519 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 220 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 2.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,449 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 137 births since 1932. For girls, it ranks #5,633 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 83 births since 1919.
Clydell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for girls and 1932 for boys). Birth data for Clydell is available in 30 out of the 80 years between 1919 and 1998 (22 years for boys and 12 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 Clydell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.3% of all recorded births). In 1998, 100.0% of babies named Clydell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1945, the name was more popular for girls (69.4% girls from 1919 to 1944), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.7% boys from 1945 to 1998).
For boys, Clydell reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #596) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1998.
For girls, Clydell reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #572) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1950.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Clydell".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Clydell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.5% confident that Clydell is pronounced as KLAI-dehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KLAI-DEHL, at 34.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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