girls:
4.4k births since 1975
#2593 (55th percentile)
boys:
744 births since 1993
#3843 (16th percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1975
#3824 (51st percentile)
The name Egypt is the #3,824 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,104 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 50.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,593 (54.6% percentile) for all time with 4,360 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #3,843 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 744 births since 1993.
Egypt first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Egypt is available in 40 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (40 years for girls and 22 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 Egypt has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 79.0% of babies named Egypt were girls.
For girls, Egypt reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 29.4% percentile (ranked #667) with 158 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 158 births per million (ranked 29.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Egypt ranks #722 for girls (23.8% percentile) with 131 births per million, which is 83.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Egypt reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.8% percentile (ranked #843) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Egypt ranks #855 for boys (6.2% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 72.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Egypt".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Egypt. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Egypt is pronounced as EE-jihpt, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-juhpt, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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