girls:
168 births since 2000
#5548 (3rd percentile)
boys:
128 births since 1990
#4458 (3rd percentile)
overall:
296 births since 1990
#7443 (4th percentile)
The name Senai is the #7,443 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 296 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 3.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,548 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 168 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,458 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 128 births since 1990.
Senai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Senai is available in 24 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (19 years for girls and 18 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 Senai has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Senai were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1990 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (57.9% girls from 2000 to 2023).
For girls, Senai reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #940) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Senai ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 84.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Senai reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #872) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Senai".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Senai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.7% confident that Senai is pronounced as seh-NAI, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is seh-NAY, at 34.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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