girls:
57 births since 1946
#5659 (1st percentile)
boys:
13 births since 1998
#4573 (0th percentile)
overall:
70 births since 1946
#7669 (1st percentile)
The name Di is the #7,669 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 70 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,659 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 57 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,573 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 1998.
Di first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1998 for boys). Birth data for Di is available in 11 out of the 54 years between 1946 and 1999 (10 years for girls and 2 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 Di has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.4% of all recorded births being female. In 1999, 46.7% of babies named Di were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1946 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (65.0% boys from 1990 to 1999).
For girls, Di reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #763) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1946, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
For boys, Di reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #802) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Di".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Di. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.5% confident that Di is pronounced as dee, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dai, at 36.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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