boys:
185 births since 1976
#4401 (4th percentile)
overall:
185 births since 1976
#7554 (2nd percentile)
The name Vasili is the #7,554 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 185 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,401 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 185 births since 1976.
Vasili first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Vasili is available in 25 out of the 48 years between 1976 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 boys, Vasili reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #879) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Vasili ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 63.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vasili".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Vasili. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.8% confident that Vasili is pronounced as vuh-SEE-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is vuh-SIH-lee, at 32.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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