girls:
569 births since 1891
#5147 (10th percentile)
boys:
47 births since 1922
#4539 (1st percentile)
overall:
616 births since 1891
#7123 (8th percentile)
The name Cuba is the #7,123 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 616 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 7.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,147 (9.9% percentile) for all time with 569 births since 1891. For boys, it ranks #4,539 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 47 births since 1922.
Cuba first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Cuba is available in 58 out of the 118 years between 1891 and 2008 (53 years for girls and 8 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 Cuba has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Cuba were girls. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (96.6% girls from 1891 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1993 to 2008).
For girls, Cuba reached its peak popularity in 1898, achieving the 7.1% percentile (ranked #315) with 106 births per million. The name was most common in 1898, with 106 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1972.
For boys, Cuba reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #542) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cuba".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cuba. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.0% confident that Cuba is pronounced as KYUE-buh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KUE-buh, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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