girls:
5 births since 2005
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
94 births since 2006
#4492 (2nd percentile)
overall:
99 births since 2005
#7640 (1st percentile)
The name Nylen is the #7,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 99 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,492 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 2006. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2005.
Nylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for girls and 2006 for boys). Birth data for Nylen is available in 13 out of the 19 years between 2005 and 2023 (12 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Nylen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.9% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 2005 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2006 to 2023).
For boys, Nylen reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #913) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Nylen ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Nylen reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #939) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nylen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Nylen is pronounced as NAI-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NIH-luhn, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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