girls:
111 births since 1997
#5605 (2nd percentile)
boys:
91 births since 2013
#4495 (2nd percentile)
overall:
202 births since 1997
#7537 (3rd percentile)
The name Psalms is the #7,537 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 202 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,605 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 111 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,495 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 91 births since 2013.
Psalms first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 2013 for boys). Birth data for Psalms is available in 18 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (16 years for girls and 10 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 Psalms is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 62.1% of babies named Psalms were boys. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for girls (78.3% girls from 1997 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (57.1% boys from 2016 to 2023).
For girls, Psalms reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #951) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Psalms ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 94.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Psalms reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #898) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Psalms is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #898 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Psalms".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Psalms. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.1% confident that Psalms is pronounced as sahmz, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sahlmz, at 47.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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