girls:
1.1k births since 1992
#4637 (19th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1987
#3253 (29th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1987
#5375 (31st percentile)
The name Jireh is the #5,375 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,456 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 30.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,253 (29.0% percentile) for all time with 1,377 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #4,637 (18.9% percentile) for all time with 1,079 births since 1992.
Jireh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Jireh is available in 35 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 32 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 Jireh has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 69.8% of babies named Jireh were boys.
For boys, Jireh reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 30.0% percentile (ranked #638) with 155 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 155 births per million (ranked 30.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jireh is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #638 (30.0% percentile) with 155 births per million.
For girls, Jireh reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.5% percentile (ranked #829) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 70 births per million (ranked 12.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jireh is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #829 (12.5% percentile) with 70 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jireh".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jireh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.3% confident that Jireh is pronounced as JAI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JIH-ruh, at 10.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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