girls:
91 births since 1980
#5625 (2nd percentile)
boys:
73 births since 1978
#4513 (2nd percentile)
overall:
164 births since 1978
#7575 (2nd percentile)
The name Shadee is the #7,575 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 164 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 2.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,625 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 91 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,513 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 73 births since 1978.
Shadee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Shadee is available in 19 out of the 27 years between 1978 and 2004 (13 years for girls and 12 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 Shadee has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.5% of all recorded births). In 2004, 0.0% of babies named Shadee were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for boys (67.5% boys from 1978 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.9% girls from 1990 to 2004).
For girls, Shadee reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #818) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
For boys, Shadee reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shadee".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Shadee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.7% confident that Shadee is pronounced as shuh-DEE, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shah-DEE, at 29.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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