boys:
282 births since 1975
#4304 (6th percentile)
overall:
282 births since 1975
#7457 (4th percentile)
The name Wisam is the #7,457 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 282 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,304 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 282 births since 1975.
Wisam first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975). Birth data for Wisam is available in 36 out of the 49 years between 1975 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, Wisam reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #893) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Wisam ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 76.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wisam".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Wisam. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.7% confident that Wisam is pronounced as WIH-suhm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WEE-suhm, at 17.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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