Chani
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 718since 1968
Chani over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chani has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
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| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five girls were named Chani! It came in at #6,246, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Chani is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chani in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,466 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #8,860)
- 2,231 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #8,860)
- 5,622 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1986 at #3,645 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 74,589
- Highest: 1 in 74,589 girls born in 1986 were named Chani (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 20.1% of all girls named Chani (144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,246 (1968) | #6,246 |
| 1970s | 107 | #4,154 (1976) | #5,410 |
| 1980s | 144 | #3,645 (1986) | #5,563 |
| 1990s | 128 | #4,868 (1990) | #6,937 |
| 2000s | 127 | #5,999 (2005) | #8,811 |
| 2010s | 116 | #6,576 (2012) | #9,734 |
| 2020s | 90 | #6,394 (2024) | #7,561 |
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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