girls:
5 births since 2018
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1979
#2927 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1979
#5931 (23rd percentile)
The name Pharaoh is the #5,931 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,824 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 23.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,927 (36.1% percentile) for all time with 1,819 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2018.
Pharaoh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 2018 for girls). Birth data for Pharaoh is available in 31 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (31 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 Pharaoh has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Pharaoh reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 21.4% percentile (ranked #721) with 105 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 105 births per million (ranked 21.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Pharaoh ranks #802 for boys (12.0% percentile) with 62 births per million, which is 59.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Pharaoh reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #961) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pharaoh".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Pharaoh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.0% confident that Pharaoh is pronounced as FEH-roh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FAY-roh, at 24.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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