girls:
242 births since 1977
#5474 (4th percentile)
boys:
25 births since 1985
#4561 (0th percentile)
overall:
267 births since 1977
#7472 (3rd percentile)
The name Xuan is the #7,472 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 267 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 3.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,474 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 242 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,561 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1985.
Xuan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Xuan is available in 32 out of the 43 years between 1977 and 2019 (31 years for girls and 4 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 Xuan has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Xuan reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #767) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
For boys, Xuan reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #918) 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 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Xuan".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Xuan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.6% confident that Xuan is pronounced as zwahn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shue-AHN, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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