girls:
195 births since 2008
#5521 (3rd percentile)
boys:
58 births since 2012
#4528 (1st percentile)
overall:
253 births since 2008
#7486 (3rd percentile)
The name Hiyab is the #7,486 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 253 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,521 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 195 births since 2008. For boys, it ranks #4,528 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 58 births since 2012.
Hiyab first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (2008 for girls and 2012 for boys).
The name Hiyab has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.6% of babies named Hiyab were girls.
For girls, Hiyab reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #939) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hiyab ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 57.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Hiyab reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #898) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Hiyab ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 63.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hiyab".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Hiyab. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.7% confident that Hiyab is pronounced as HEE-uhb, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is hee-YAHB, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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