girls:
20 births since 1976
#5696 (0th percentile)
boys:
262 births since 1979
#4324 (6th percentile)
overall:
282 births since 1976
#7457 (4th percentile)
The name Kishon is the #7,457 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 282 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,324 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 262 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,696 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1976.
Kishon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Kishon is available in 30 out of the 40 years between 1976 and 2015 (27 years for boys and 4 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 Kishon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.9% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1981, the name was more popular for girls (55.6% girls from 1976 to 1980), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (98.0% boys from 1981 to 2015).
For boys, Kishon reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #810) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
For girls, Kishon reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kishon".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kishon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.2% confident that Kishon is pronounced as KIH-shuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-shahn, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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