girls:
39 births since 1984
#5677 (1st percentile)
boys:
88 births since 1993
#4498 (2nd percentile)
overall:
127 births since 1984
#7612 (2nd percentile)
The name Temitayo is the #7,612 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 127 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,498 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 88 births since 1993. For girls, it ranks #5,677 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 39 births since 1984.
Temitayo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Temitayo is available in 18 out of the 38 years between 1984 and 2021 (14 years for boys and 7 years for girls). 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 Temitayo has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.3% of all recorded births). In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Temitayo were boys. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1984 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (72.1% boys from 1993 to 2021).
For boys, Temitayo reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #822) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Temitayo reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #985) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Temitayo".
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Our model has identified 13 different pronunciations for the name Temitayo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 19.4% confident that Temitayo is pronounced as teh-mih-TAH-yoh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEH-mih-tah-yoh, at 12.9% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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