girls:
155 births since 2003
#5561 (3rd percentile)
boys:
156 births since 1997
#4430 (3rd percentile)
overall:
311 births since 1997
#7428 (4th percentile)
The name Peniel is the #7,428 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 311 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 4.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,430 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 156 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,561 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 155 births since 2003.
Peniel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Peniel is available in 21 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (19 years for boys and 18 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 Peniel is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Peniel were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1997 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (50.7% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For boys, Peniel reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #904) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Peniel ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 45.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Peniel reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #928) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Peniel ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 71.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Peniel".
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Our model has identified 15 different pronunciations for the name Peniel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 18.2% confident that Peniel is pronounced as peh-NAI-ehl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PEH-nee-EHL, at 15.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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