girls:
98 births since 1915
#5618 (2nd percentile)
boys:
180 births since 1917
#4406 (4th percentile)
overall:
278 births since 1915
#7461 (4th percentile)
The name Varnell is the #7,461 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 278 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,406 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 180 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #5,618 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 1915.
Varnell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 1917 for boys). Birth data for Varnell is available in 39 out of the 73 years between 1915 and 1987 (30 years for boys and 18 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 Varnell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.7% of all recorded births). In 1987, 100.0% of babies named Varnell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1918, the name was more popular for girls (66.7% girls from 1915 to 1917), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (66.5% boys from 1918 to 1987).
For boys, Varnell reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #634) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1987.
For girls, Varnell reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #608) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1968.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Varnell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Varnell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.6% confident that Varnell is pronounced as vahr-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VAHR-nehl, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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