girls:
280 births since 1973
#5436 (5th percentile)
boys:
119 births since 1978
#4467 (3rd percentile)
overall:
399 births since 1973
#7340 (5th percentile)
The name Ly is the #7,340 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 399 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,436 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 280 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,467 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 119 births since 1978.
Ly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Ly is available in 29 out of the 36 years between 1973 and 2008 (26 years for girls and 16 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 Ly has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2008, 100.0% of babies named Ly were girls.
For girls, Ly reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #769) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
For boys, Ly reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #679) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ly".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ly. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Ly is pronounced as lai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lee, at 9.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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