girls:
104 births since 1965
#5612 (2nd percentile)
boys:
580 births since 1949
#4006 (13th percentile)
overall:
684 births since 1949
#7055 (9th percentile)
The name Keary is the #7,055 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 684 recorded births since 1949. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,006 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 580 births since 1949. For girls, it ranks #5,612 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 104 births since 1965.
Keary first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1949 (1949 for boys and 1965 for girls). Birth data for Keary is available in 46 out of the 56 years between 1949 and 2004 (45 years for boys and 14 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 Keary has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2004, 0.0% of babies named Keary were boys.
For boys, Keary reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #625) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.
For girls, Keary reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #735) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keary".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Keary. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.5% confident that Keary is pronounced as KIH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-ree, at 44.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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