boys:
3k births since 1982
#2272 (50th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1982
#4926 (36th percentile)
The name Sahil is the #4,926 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,040 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 36.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,272 (50.4% percentile) for all time with 3,040 births since 1982.
Sahil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for boys in 1982).
For boys, Sahil reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 16.9% percentile (ranked #686) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 70 births per million (ranked 16.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sahil ranks #849 for boys (6.8% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 52.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sahil".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Sahil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Sahil is pronounced as sah-HEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAH-hihl, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like S AA0 HH IY1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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