girls:
223 births since 1917
#5493 (4th percentile)
boys:
143 births since 1916
#4443 (3rd percentile)
overall:
366 births since 1916
#7373 (5th percentile)
The name Eldean is the #7,373 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 366 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,493 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 223 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #4,443 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 143 births since 1916.
Eldean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1917 for girls). Birth data for Eldean is available in 36 out of the 41 years between 1916 and 1956 (29 years for girls and 21 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 Eldean has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (60.9% of all recorded births). In 1956, 0.0% of babies named Eldean were girls. Interestingly, until around 1917, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1916 to 1916), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (61.8% girls from 1917 to 1956).
For girls, Eldean reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #596) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1954.
For boys, Eldean reached its peak popularity in 1933, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #515) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1956.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eldean".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Eldean. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.9% confident that Eldean is pronounced as ehl-DEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHL-deen, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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