boys:
2k births since 1880
#2782 (39th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1880
#5744 (26th percentile)
The name Green is the #5,744 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,033 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 25.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,782 (39.3% percentile) for all time with 2,033 births since 1880.
Green has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Green is available in 91 out of the 105 years between 1880 and 1984. 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.
For boys, Green reached its peak popularity in 1886, achieving the 19.0% percentile (ranked #171) with 378 births per million. The name was most common in 1886, with 378 births per million (ranked 19.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1984.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Green".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Green. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Green is pronounced as green, which has 1 syllables.
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