Ly

girls:

280 births since 1973

#5436 (5th percentile)

boys:

119 births since 1978

#4467 (3rd percentile)

overall:

399 births since 1973

#7340 (5th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ly".

1973 2008 19732008

Key Statistics

Total Births
280
Peak Births
24
Peak Year
1984
First Recorded
1973
Peak Percentile
2.4%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#740
Current Rank
#981
Female statistics
Total Births
119
Peak Births
13
Peak Year
1983
First Recorded
1978
Peak Percentile
1.2%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#674
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Ly

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ly. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 90.5% confident that Ly is pronounced as lai. The next most likely pronunciation is lee, at 9.5% confidence.

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90.5%
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lai (1 syllable)
Verified
90.5% confidence
L AY1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Ly. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Ly, please vote using the thumbs up button.

lee (1 syllable)
3 names 296.8k births
L IY0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L AY1) 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.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.