Persia

Popularity Trends

The name Persia is the #6,964 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 775 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,941 (13.5% percentile) for all time with 775 births since 1975.

Persia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for girls in 1975). Birth data for Persia is available in 38 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. 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.

For girls, Persia reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 6.9% percentile (ranked #919) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Persia ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 11.6% of its peak share of births.

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

1975 2023 19752023

Key Statistics

Total Births

775

Peak Births

Peak Year

2007

First Recorded

1975

Peak Percentile

6.9%

Current Percentile

0.2%

Peak Rank

#919

Current Rank

#945

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Persia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Persia.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Persia's popularity from 1972 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Persia at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Persia range from Makynna at 96.5% correlation to Kaniah at 94.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 95.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Joselyn with 17.9K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Makynna with 449 births (100% girls).

Persia's share of births peaked at 34.5 births per million for girls in 2007. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (7% of peak) in 1990. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Persia had 4 births per million, 12% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Makynna

449

96.54% (very strong)

Joselyn

17.9k

95.75% (very strong)

Kacper

1,074

95.64% (very strong)

Demarion

3,460

95.29% (very strong)

Jeniah

505

95.14% (very strong)

Yoselin

6,579

95.08% (very strong)

Jeshua

2,519

94.97% (very strong)

Yoselyn

1,764

94.89% (very strong)

Landan

2,352

94.85% (very strong)

Talyn

1,787

94.82% (very strong)

Meya

817

94.78% (very strong)

Kaniah

495

94.75% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Persia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Persia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 80.5% confident that Persia is pronounced as PER-zhuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PER-shuh, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

PER-zhuh

80.5%

PER-shuh

19.5%

PER-zhuh (2 syllables)

Verified

80.5% confidence

P ER1 ZH AH0

PER-shuh (2 syllables)

19.5% confidence

P ER1 SH AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Persia? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Persia. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Persia, please vote using the thumbs up button.

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 P ER1 ZH AH0) 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.

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