girls:
4.8k births since 1977
#2454 (57th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1982
#2881 (37th percentile)
overall:
6.7k births since 1977
#3299 (57th percentile)
The name Dior is the #3,299 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,664 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 57.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,454 (57.1% percentile) for all time with 4,780 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #2,881 (37.1% percentile) for all time with 1,884 births since 1982.
Dior first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Dior is available in 45 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (44 years for girls and 42 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 Dior has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.5% of babies named Dior were girls.
For girls, Dior reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 53.9% percentile (ranked #434) with 346 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 346 births per million (ranked 53.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dior ranks #589 for girls (37.8% percentile) with 220 births per million, which is 63.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dior reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 29.6% percentile (ranked #651) with 154 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 154 births per million (ranked 29.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Dior ranks #755 for boys (17.1% percentile) with 88 births per million, which is 57.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dior".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dior. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.1% confident that Dior is pronounced as DEE-or, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-OR, at 32.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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