boys:
116 births since 1888
#4470 (2nd percentile)
overall:
116 births since 1888
#7623 (1st percentile)
The name Rasmus is the #7,623 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 116 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 1.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,470 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 116 births since 1888.
Rasmus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for boys in 1888). Birth data for Rasmus is available in 14 out of the 136 years between 1888 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, Rasmus reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #878) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 38 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rasmus ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 14.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rasmus".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Rasmus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Rasmus is pronounced as RAZ-muhs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RA-smuhs, at 26.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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