girls:
3k births since 1979
#3187 (44th percentile)
boys:
29 births since 2021
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1979
#4960 (36th percentile)
The name Symphony is the #4,960 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,991 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 35.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,187 (44.2% percentile) for all time with 2,962 births since 1979. For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 2021.
Symphony first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for girls and 2021 for boys). Birth data for Symphony is available in 40 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (40 years for girls and 3 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 Symphony has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.5% of babies named Symphony were girls.
For girls, Symphony reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 17.4% percentile (ranked #791) with 96 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 96 births per million (ranked 17.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Symphony ranks #795 for girls (16.1% percentile) with 90 births per million, which is 93.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Symphony reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #917) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Symphony ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 93.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Symphony".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Symphony. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.2% confident that Symphony is pronounced as SIHM-fuh-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sihm-FUH-nee, at 18.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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