girls:
12 births since 2007
#5704 (0th percentile)
boys:
13 births since 2019
#4573 (0th percentile)
overall:
25 births since 2007
#7714 (0th percentile)
The name Ylan is the #7,714 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 25 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,573 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 2019. For girls, it ranks #5,704 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 2007.
Ylan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (2007 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Ylan is available in 4 out of the 16 years between 2007 and 2022. 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 Ylan is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Ylan were boys. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 2007 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2019 to 2022).
For boys, Ylan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #921) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Ylan reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #942) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ylan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Ylan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.5% confident that Ylan is pronounced as AI-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ylahn, at 12.1% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like AY1 L AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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