girls:
6 births since 1966
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
34 births since 1969
#4552 (1st percentile)
overall:
40 births since 1966
#7699 (0th percentile)
The name Dushon is the #7,699 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 40 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,552 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 34 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1966.
Dushon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Dushon is available in 6 out of the 31 years between 1966 and 1996 (5 years for boys and 1 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 Dushon has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.0% of all recorded births being male. In 1996, 100.0% of babies named Dushon were boys. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1966 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1969 to 1996).
For boys, Dushon reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #654) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
For girls, Dushon 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 "Dushon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dushon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Dushon is pronounced as DUE-shuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is due-SHAWN, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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