girls:
11 births since 2017
#5705 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1923
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
16 births since 1923
#7723 (0th percentile)
The name Lisbon is the #7,723 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,705 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 2017. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1923.
Lisbon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Lisbon is available in 3 out of the 100 years between 1923 and 2022 (2 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Lisbon has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.8% of all recorded births). In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Lisbon were girls. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1923 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2017 to 2022).
For girls, Lisbon reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #957) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Lisbon reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #551) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1923.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lisbon".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lisbon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Lisbon is pronounced as LIHZ-buhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIH-sbuhn, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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