boys:
53 births since 1976
#4533 (1st percentile)
overall:
53 births since 1976
#7686 (1st percentile)
The name Shaphan is the #7,686 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 53 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 0.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,533 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 1976.
Shaphan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Shaphan is available in 9 out of the 32 years between 1976 and 2007. 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, Shaphan reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #757) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaphan".
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Our model has identified 11 different pronunciations for the name Shaphan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 15.8% confident that Shaphan is pronounced as SHAY-fuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAY-fan, at 13.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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