girls:
15 births since 1981
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
20 births since 1983
#4566 (0th percentile)
overall:
35 births since 1981
#7704 (0th percentile)
The name Phan is the #7,704 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 35 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,566 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1983. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1981.
Phan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for girls and 1983 for boys). Birth data for Phan is available in 6 out of the 13 years between 1981 and 1993. 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 Phan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.1% of all recorded births). In 1993, 100.0% of babies named Phan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for girls (58.8% girls from 1981 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (72.2% boys from 1986 to 1993).
For boys, Phan reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #685) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1993.
For girls, Phan reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #777) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Phan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Phan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Phan is pronounced as fan, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is fuhn, at 12.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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