girls:
2.3k births since 1986
#3614 (37th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1976
#3028 (34th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1976
#4376 (43rd percentile)
The name Divine is the #4,376 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,949 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 43.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,614 (36.8% percentile) for all time with 2,282 births since 1986. For boys, it ranks #3,028 (33.9% percentile) for all time with 1,667 births since 1976.
Divine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Divine is available in 45 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 35 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 Divine has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 53.6% of babies named Divine were girls. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for boys (63.5% boys from 1976 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (62.7% girls from 2001 to 2023).
For girls, Divine reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 11.7% percentile (ranked #846) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 65 births per million (ranked 11.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Divine is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #839 (11.4% percentile) with 65 births per million.
For boys, Divine reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #828) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 54 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Divine is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #818 (10.2% percentile) with 54 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Divine".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Divine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.4% confident that Divine is pronounced as dih-VAIN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dee-VAIN, at 11.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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