girls:
11 births since 1965
#5705 (0th percentile)
boys:
117 births since 1969
#4469 (2nd percentile)
overall:
128 births since 1965
#7611 (2nd percentile)
The name Detrich is the #7,611 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 128 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,469 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 117 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,705 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1965.
Detrich first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Detrich is available in 21 out of the 52 years between 1965 and 2016 (19 years for boys and 2 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 Detrich has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1970, the name was more popular for girls (64.7% girls from 1965 to 1969), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1970 to 2016).
For boys, Detrich reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #682) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
For girls, Detrich reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #740) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Detrich".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Detrich. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.5% confident that Detrich is pronounced as DEH-trihk, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-trihk, at 35.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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