boys:
125 births since 1999
#4461 (3rd percentile)
overall:
125 births since 1999
#7614 (2nd percentile)
The name Samil is the #7,614 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 125 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,461 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 125 births since 1999.
Samil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (first recorded for boys in 1999). Birth data for Samil is available in 16 out of the 25 years between 1999 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, Samil reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #892) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Samil ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samil".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Samil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.4% confident that Samil is pronounced as suh-MEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAH-mihl, at 30.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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