girls:
746 births since 1987
#4970 (13th percentile)
overall:
746 births since 1987
#6993 (10th percentile)
The name Zury is the #6,993 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 746 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 9.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,970 (13.0% percentile) for all time with 746 births since 1987.
Zury first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for girls in 1987). Birth data for Zury is available in 30 out of the 37 years between 1987 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 girls, Zury reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #917) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 28 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zury is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #903 (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zury".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zury. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Zury is pronounced as ZOO-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZUE-ree, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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