girls:
21 births since 1954
#5695 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1992
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
26 births since 1954
#7713 (0th percentile)
The name In is the #7,713 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 26 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,695 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 1954. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1992.
In first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for In is available in 5 out of the 39 years between 1954 and 1992 (4 years for girls and 1 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 In has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.8% of all recorded births being female. In 1992, 0.0% of babies named In were girls. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1954 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1986 to 1992).
For girls, In reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #746) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.
For boys, In reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #770) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "In".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name In. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.5% confident that In is pronounced as ihn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ihn, at 25.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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