girls:
342 births since 1899
#5374 (6th percentile)
boys:
261 births since 1909
#4325 (6th percentile)
overall:
603 births since 1899
#7136 (8th percentile)
The name Ermal is the #7,136 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 603 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,374 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 342 births since 1899. For boys, it ranks #4,325 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 261 births since 1909.
Ermal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (1899 for girls and 1909 for boys). Birth data for Ermal is available in 42 out of the 110 years between 1899 and 2008 (35 years for girls and 31 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 Ermal has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.7% of all recorded births). In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Ermal were girls. Interestingly, until around 1932, the name was more popular for girls (62.8% girls from 1899 to 1931), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (72.8% boys from 1932 to 2008).
For girls, Ermal reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #555) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1906, with 35 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1939.
For boys, Ermal reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #523) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 28 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ermal".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ermal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.1% confident that Ermal is pronounced as ER-muhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is er-MAHL, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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