boys:
908 births since 1916
#3682 (20th percentile)
overall:
908 births since 1916
#6831 (12th percentile)
The name Philemon is the #6,831 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 908 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 11.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,682 (19.7% percentile) for all time with 908 births since 1916.
Philemon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (first recorded for boys in 1916). Birth data for Philemon is available in 96 out of the 108 years between 1916 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 boys, Philemon reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #895) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Philemon ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 40.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Philemon".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Philemon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.2% confident that Philemon is pronounced as fih-LEE-muhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FIH-luh-muhn, at 20.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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