boys:
144 births since 1978
#4442 (3rd percentile)
overall:
144 births since 1978
#7595 (2nd percentile)
The name Dariush is the #7,595 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 144 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,442 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 144 births since 1978.
Dariush first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for boys in 1978). Birth data for Dariush is available in 24 out of the 46 years between 1978 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, Dariush reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #751) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dariush is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #908 (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dariush".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Dariush. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.5% confident that Dariush is pronounced as DAH-ree-uhsh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-ree-oosh, at 12.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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