girls:
22 births since 1994
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
42 births since 2018
#4544 (1st percentile)
overall:
64 births since 1994
#7675 (1st percentile)
The name Gavi is the #7,675 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 64 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 0.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,544 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 2018. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1994.
Gavi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Gavi is available in 6 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (4 years for girls and 3 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 Gavi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Gavi were boys. Interestingly, until around 2018, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1994 to 2017), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.2% boys from 2018 to 2023).
For boys, Gavi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #898) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Gavi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #898 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
For girls, Gavi reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #844) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gavi".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Gavi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.6% confident that Gavi is pronounced as GAH-vee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GAY-vee, at 28.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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