girls:
37 births since 1999
#5679 (1st percentile)
boys:
648 births since 1992
#3939 (14th percentile)
overall:
685 births since 1992
#7054 (9th percentile)
The name Ridwan is the #7,054 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 685 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,939 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 648 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,679 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 1999.
Ridwan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Ridwan is available in 30 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023 (30 years for boys and 7 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 Ridwan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ridwan reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #865) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ridwan ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 62.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ridwan reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #955) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ridwan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ridwan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.1% confident that Ridwan is pronounced as rihd-WAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RIHD-wuhn, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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