girls:
88 births since 1977
#5628 (2nd percentile)
boys:
64 births since 1962
#4522 (1st percentile)
overall:
152 births since 1962
#7587 (2nd percentile)
The name Yarnell is the #7,587 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 152 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,628 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 88 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,522 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 64 births since 1962.
Yarnell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Yarnell is available in 8 out of the 47 years between 1962 and 2008 (6 years for boys and 5 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 Yarnell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.9% of all recorded births). In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Yarnell were girls.
For girls, Yarnell reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #732) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.
For boys, Yarnell reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #654) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yarnell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Yarnell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.4% confident that Yarnell is pronounced as YAHR-nehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yahr-NEHL, at 25.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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