Chana
- #686 for girls in 2025, 413 births
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 432 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,921since 1944
Chana over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chana has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #686 | 413 |
| 2024 | #670 | 432 |
| 2023 | #715 | 394 |
| 2022 | #808 | 347 |
| 2021 | #800 | 352 |
| 2020 | #782 | 347 |
| 2019 | #784 | 354 |
| 2018 | #747 | 370 |
| 2017 | #856 | 319 |
| 2016 | #765 | 373 |
| 2015 | #847 | 331 |
| 2014 | #862 | 319 |
| 2013 | #775 | 351 |
| 2012 | #811 | 330 |
| 2011 | #841 | 314 |
| 2010 | #811 | 337 |
| 2009 | #814 | 347 |
| 2008 | #939 | 289 |
| 2007 | #1,024 | 258 |
| 2006 | #935 | 280 |
| 2005 | #953 | 259 |
| 2004 | #924 | 261 |
| 2003 | #1,049 | 218 |
| 2002 | #960 | 231 |
| 2001 | #960 | 227 |
| 2000 | #1,011 | 209 |
| 1999 | #986 | 209 |
| 1998 | #1,015 | 196 |
| 1997 | #940 | 212 |
| 1996 | #1,106 | 164 |
| 1995 | #1,042 | 173 |
| 1994 | #1,048 | 174 |
| 1993 | #1,081 | 168 |
| 1992 | #1,068 | 170 |
| 1991 | #1,160 | 151 |
| 1990 | #1,036 | 173 |
| 1989 | #926 | 194 |
| 1988 | #1,003 | 163 |
| 1987 | #877 | 194 |
| 1986 | #896 | 182 |
| 1985 | #863 | 185 |
| 1984 | #821 | 191 |
| 1983 | #929 | 160 |
| 1982 | #842 | 185 |
| 1981 | #831 | 189 |
| 1980 | #913 | 165 |
| 1979 | #1,030 | 136 |
| 1978 | #865 | 170 |
| 1977 | #936 | 148 |
| 1976 | #818 | 170 |
| 1975 | #1,094 | 107 |
| 1974 | #1,048 | 113 |
| 1973 | #1,109 | 101 |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 |
| 1971 | #1,336 | 80 |
| 1970 | #1,354 | 77 |
| 1969 | #1,325 | 73 |
| 1968 | #1,418 | 63 |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,448 | 58 |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 |
| 1963 | #1,508 | 55 |
| 1962 | #1,395 | 63 |
| 1961 | #1,319 | 71 |
| 1960 | #1,147 | 90 |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
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First appearance
1944
The first year at least five girls were named Chana! It came in at #3,687, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1947, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Chana is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New Jersey#55 · 1 in 289
- New York#57 · 1 in 353
- Connecticut#393 · 1 in 1,643
- Maryland#731 · 1 in 3,331
- Illinois#927 · 1 in 4,925
Best ever in a state: #52 in New Jersey, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #55 | 123 | 1 in 289 |
| New York | #57 | 222 | 1 in 353 |
| Connecticut | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,643 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Ohio | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 16 spots since 2024 (#670 → #686)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#782 → #686)
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1976
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1979
Rise & fade · girls
80 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 2024 at #670 (432 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,750
- Highest: 1 in 3,750 girls born in 2024 were named Chana (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,892 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 24.4% of all girls named Chana (3,398) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 43 | #3,350 (1948) | #4,118 |
| 1950s | 211 | #1,794 (1959) | #2,524 |
| 1960s | 614 | #1,147 (1960) | #1,456 |
| 1970s | 1,193 | #818 (1976) | #1,077 |
| 1980s | 1,808 | #821 (1984) | #890 |
| 1990s | 1,790 | #940 (1997) | #1,048 |
| 2000s | 2,579 | #814 (2009) | #957 |
| 2010s | 3,398 | #747 (2018) | #810 |
| 2020s | 2,285 | #670 (2024) | #744 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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