boys:
3.1k births since 1976
#2235 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1976
#4862 (37th percentile)
The name Kabir is the #4,862 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,128 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 37.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,235 (51.2% percentile) for all time with 3,128 births since 1976.
Kabir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976).
For boys, Kabir reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 29.1% percentile (ranked #660) with 152 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 152 births per million (ranked 29.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1986, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kabir ranks #703 for boys (22.9% percentile) with 116 births per million, which is 76.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kabir".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kabir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.0% confident that Kabir is pronounced as kuh-BIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-BEAR, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like K AH0 B IH1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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