girls:
506 births since 1922
#5210 (9th percentile)
boys:
396 births since 1888
#4190 (9th percentile)
overall:
902 births since 1888
#6837 (12th percentile)
The name Posey is the #6,837 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 902 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 11.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,210 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 506 births since 1922. For boys, it ranks #4,190 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 396 births since 1888.
Posey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1922 for girls). Birth data for Posey is available in 58 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (41 years for boys and 19 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 Posey has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Posey were girls. Interestingly, until around 2008, the name was more popular for boys (96.1% boys from 1888 to 2007), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2008 to 2023).
For girls, Posey reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #909) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Posey ranks #904 for girls (4.5% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 91.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Posey reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #490) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1896, with 54 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1956.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Posey".
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