girls:
22 births since 1978
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2015
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
32 births since 1978
#7707 (0th percentile)
The name Mehan is the #7,707 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2015.
Mehan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 2015 for boys). Birth data for Mehan is available in 6 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (4 years for girls and 2 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 Mehan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Mehan were girls. Interestingly, until around 2015, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1978 to 2014), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2015 to 2023).
For girls, Mehan reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #801) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1987.
For boys, Mehan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Mehan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mehan".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Mehan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Mehan is pronounced as MAY-han, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-huhn, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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