Sigourney

Popularity Trends

The name Sigourney is the #7,352 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 387 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,329 (6.7% percentile) for all time with 387 births since 1984.

Sigourney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (first recorded for girls in 1984). Birth data for Sigourney is available in 32 out of the 40 years between 1984 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 girls, Sigourney reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #783) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 22 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sigourney ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 26.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sigourney".

1984 2023 19842023

Key Statistics

Total Births

387

Peak Births

Peak Year

1989

First Recorded

1984

Peak Percentile

5.1%

Current Percentile

0.5%

Peak Rank

#783

Current Rank

#942

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Sigourney", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Sigourney.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Sigourney's popularity from 1981 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Sigourney at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Sigourney range from Britany at 91.5% correlation to Brittaney at 89.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Brittany with 361.1K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Ikea with 589 births (98% girls).

Sigourney's share of births peaked at 21.6 births per million for girls in 1989. It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (12% of peak) in 2018. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Sigourney had 5.7 births per million, 26% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Britany

6,514

91.55% (very strong)

Britani

1,403

91.47% (very strong)

Britny

1,909

91.24% (very strong)

Brittnay

1,619

90.56% (very strong)

Ikea

589

90.27% (very strong)

Brittney

82.4k

90.00% (very strong)

Brittany

361.1k

89.97% (very strong)

Brittni

5,992

89.85% (very strong)

Jerica

3,901

89.83% (very strong)

Brittnee

2,822

89.73% (very strong)

Alysha

9,509

89.65% (very strong)

Brittaney

3,287

89.60% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Sigourney

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sigourney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 64.9% confident that Sigourney is pronounced as SIH-ger-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sih-GOR-nee, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.

SIH-ger-nee

64.9%

sih-GOR-nee

18.9%

see-GER-nee

16.2%

SIH-ger-nee (3 syllables)

64.9% confidence

S IH1 G ER0 N IY0

sih-GOR-nee (3 syllables)

Verified

18.9% confidence

S IH0 G AO1 R N IY0

see-GER-nee (3 syllables)

16.2% confidence

S IY0 G ER1 N IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S IH1 G ER0 N IY0) 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.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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