girls:
21 births since 2020
#5695 (0th percentile)
boys:
17 births since 2020
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
38 births since 2020
#7701 (0th percentile)
The name Ishimwe is the #7,701 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 38 recorded births since 2020. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,695 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 2020. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 2020.
Ishimwe first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2020 .
The name Ishimwe has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Ishimwe were girls.
For girls, Ishimwe reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #957) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ishimwe ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 85.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ishimwe reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #899) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ishimwe ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 72.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ishimwe".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Ishimwe. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.0% confident that Ishimwe is pronounced as ih-SHEEM-way, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-SHIHM-way, at 12.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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