girls:
219 births since 1999
#5497 (4th percentile)
boys:
390 births since 1999
#4196 (8th percentile)
overall:
609 births since 1999
#7130 (8th percentile)
The name Psalm is the #7,130 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 609 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,196 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 390 births since 1999. For girls, it ranks #5,497 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 219 births since 1999.
Psalm first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 . Birth data for Psalm is available in 20 out of the 25 years between 1999 and 2023 (20 years for girls and 16 years for boys). 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 Psalm has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 74.7% of babies named Psalm were boys.
For boys, Psalm reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.7% percentile (ranked #795) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 66 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Psalm is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #795 (12.7% percentile) with 66 births per million.
For girls, Psalm reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #911) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Psalm is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #911 (3.8% percentile) with 23 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Psalm".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Psalm. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 49.0% confident that Psalm is pronounced as sahm, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sahlm, at 46.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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