boys:
440 births since 2003
#4146 (10th percentile)
overall:
440 births since 2003
#7299 (6th percentile)
The name Pharrell is the #7,299 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 440 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 5.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,146 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 440 births since 2003.
Pharrell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (first recorded for boys in 2003).
For boys, Pharrell reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #763) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 32 births per million (ranked 7.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Pharrell ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 27.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pharrell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Pharrell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.8% confident that Pharrell is pronounced as fer-EHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is fuh-REHL, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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