girls:
5 births since 2022
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
474 births since 2014
#4112 (10th percentile)
overall:
479 births since 2014
#7260 (6th percentile)
The name Llewyn is the #7,260 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 479 recorded births since 2014. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,112 (10.3% percentile) for all time with 474 births since 2014. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2022.
Llewyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2014 (2014 for boys and 2022 for girls).
The name Llewyn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Llewyn reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #871) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Llewyn ranks #871 for boys (4.4% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 79.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Llewyn reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #958) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Llewyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Llewyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.2% confident that Llewyn is pronounced as LUE-ihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LUE-een, at 14.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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