Chaney
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Given to girls 76.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,372since 1886
Chaney over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #2,817 | 51 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five girls were named Chaney! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chaney is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chaney in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Chaney
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 374 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #6,838)
- 117 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #6,838)
- Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1888 at #959 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1888
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,328
- Highest: 1 in 22,328 girls born in 1888 were named Chaney (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 26.3% of all girls named Chaney (361) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1977
- Mostly boys until 1976, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #959 (1888) | #1,034 |
| 1890s | 16 | #1,338 (1890) | #1,449 |
| 1900s | 46 | #1,298 (1905) | #1,615 |
| 1910s | 45 | #2,360 (1912) | #3,157 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,400 (1921) | #3,930 |
| 1930s | 7 | #3,658 (1930) | #3,658 |
| 1940s | 14 | #3,738 (1942) | #3,866 |
| 1950s | 18 | #4,315 (1950) | #5,270 |
| 1960s | 16 | #6,564 (1966) | #6,662 |
| 1970s | 87 | #5,092 (1979) | #6,316 |
| 1980s | 151 | #3,853 (1980) | #5,049 |
| 1990s | 324 | #3,015 (1998) | #3,502 |
| 2000s | 361 | #2,737 (2003) | #4,386 |
| 2010s | 164 | #5,661 (2017) | #7,237 |
| 2020s | 82 | #6,838 (2025) | #7,901 |
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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