girls:
1.4k births since 1994
#4329 (24th percentile)
boys:
365 births since 1933
#4221 (8th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1933
#5987 (23rd percentile)
The name Izel is the #5,987 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,764 recorded births since 1933. This represents the 22.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,329 (24.2% percentile) for all time with 1,399 births since 1994. For boys, it ranks #4,221 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 365 births since 1933.
Izel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1933 (1933 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Izel is available in 36 out of the 91 years between 1933 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 29 years for girls). 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 Izel has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 71.6% of babies named Izel were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for boys (73.4% boys from 1933 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.3% girls from 1996 to 2023).
For girls, Izel reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 10.9% percentile (ranked #838) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 55 births per million (ranked 10.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Izel ranks #894 for girls (5.6% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 60.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Izel reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #910) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Izel ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 94.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Izel".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Izel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.0% confident that Izel is pronounced as AI-zehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AI-zuhl, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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