girls:
1.5k births since 1891
#4261 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1891
#6266 (19th percentile)
The name Gypsy is the #6,266 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,479 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 19.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,261 (25.4% percentile) for all time with 1,479 births since 1891.
Gypsy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (first recorded for girls in 1891). Birth data for Gypsy is available in 105 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023. 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 girls, Gypsy reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #906) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 31 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Gypsy ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 45.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gypsy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Gypsy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Gypsy is pronounced as JIHP-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEEP-see, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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