boys:
407 births since 1987
#4179 (9th percentile)
overall:
407 births since 1987
#7332 (5th percentile)
The name Dearius is the #7,332 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 407 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,179 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 407 births since 1987.
Dearius first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for boys in 1987). Birth data for Dearius is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 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, Dearius reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #761) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dearius ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 24.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dearius".
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Our model has identified 14 different pronunciations for the name Dearius. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 17.1% confident that Dearius is pronounced as dih-AH-ree-uhs, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DIH-ree-uhs, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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