East

Popularity Trends

The name East is the #7,680 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 59 recorded births since 2018. This represents the 0.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,532 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 54 births since 2018. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2019.

East first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2018 (2018 for boys and 2019 for girls).

The name East has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.5% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, East reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #915) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, East ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 65.8% of its peak share of births.

For girls, East reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #945) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "East".

2018 2023 20182023

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2019

First Recorded

2019

Peak Percentile

0.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#945

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

2018

Peak Percentile

1.0%

Current Percentile

0.4%

Peak Rank

#915

Current Rank

#907

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "East", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of East.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name East's popularity from 2015 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts. For less common names, correlations may be less meaningful because we only have data for years in which at least 5 births of the same gender were recorded.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name East at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to East range from Normani at 99.0% correlation to Zazie at 98.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 98.4%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Giannis with 850 births (97% boys) and the least popular is Rezwan with 40 births (100% boys).

East's share of births peaked at 7.5 births per million in 2022 (2.7 for girls in 2019 and 7.5 for boys in 2022). It reached its lowest point of 2.6 births per million (34% of peak) in 2018. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name East had 4.9 births per million, 66% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Normani

280

99.00% (very strong)

Giannis

850

98.90% (very strong)

98.87% (very strong)

98.80% (very strong)

98.53% (very strong)

98.44% (very strong)

98.37% (very strong)

98.21% (very strong)

98.16% (very strong)

98.02% (very strong)

468

97.99% (very strong)

Zazie

97.98% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce East

Our model found one way to pronounce the name East. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that East is pronounced as eest, which has 1 syllables.

eest

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eest (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

IY1 S T

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like IY1 S T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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