Chasity

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 935 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
24,414
since 1970

Chasity over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chasity has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #253, 1976girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#4,54630—
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2023#2,78961—
2022#3,31348—
2021#2,48471—
2020#2,65963—
2019#2,05692—
2018#2,02696—
2017#1,842111—
2016#1,775117—
2015#1,493153—
2014#1,576137—
2013#1,382168—
2012#1,273188—
2011#1,257190—
2010#1,042240—
2009#1,053246—
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1986#377618#6,7215
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1984#336688#6,3155
1983#331692#4,4998
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1980#296840#6,2505
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Chasity! It came in at #3,435, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.

Where Chasity is popular in 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedMNIllinois: #417 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,031 girlsILWisconsin: #447 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,577 girlsWIMichigan: #397 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,168 girlsMINew York: #979 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,315 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedSDIowa: #288 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsIAIndiana: #210 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,164 girlsINOhio: #235 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,348 girlsOHPennsylvania: #451 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,932 girlsPANew Jersey: #759 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,522 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #848 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 8,037 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedUTColorado: #459 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,135 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNEMissouri: #215 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsMOKentucky: #152 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 735 girlsKYWest Virginia: #174 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 797 girlsWVVirginia: #186 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 895 girlsVAMaryland: #423 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,091 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNMKansas: #280 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,506 girlsKSArkansas: #194 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 854 girlsARTennessee: #178 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 887 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #195 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 915 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #254 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,253 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #264 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsOKLouisiana: #216 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 955 girlsLAMississippi: #164 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 699 girlsMSAlabama: #185 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 867 girlsALGeorgia: #226 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsGAHawaii: #217 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 748 girlsHITexas: #428 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,512 girlsTXFlorida: #463 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,121 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#152 · 1 in 735
  2. Mississippi#164 · 1 in 699
  3. West Virginia#174 · 1 in 797
  4. Tennessee#178 · 1 in 887
  5. Alabama#185 · 1 in 867

Best ever in a state: #62 in Mississippi, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#152311 in 735
Mississippi#164231 in 699
West Virginia#174141 in 797
Tennessee#178311 in 887
Alabama#185261 in 867
Virginia#186311 in 895
Arkansas#194151 in 854
North Carolina#195371 in 915
Indiana#210301 in 1,164
Missouri#215261 in 1,141
Louisiana#216261 in 955
Hawaii#21761 in 748
Georgia#226291 in 1,138
Ohio#235521 in 1,348
South Carolina#254141 in 1,253
Oklahoma#264121 in 1,320
Kansas#28081 in 1,506
Iowa#28891 in 1,870
Michigan#397181 in 3,168
Illinois#417231 in 3,031
Maryland#42361 in 3,091
Texas#428381 in 2,512
Wisconsin#44761 in 4,577
Pennsylvania#451171 in 3,932
Colorado#45951 in 3,135
Florida#463141 in 3,121
New Jersey#75951 in 7,522
California#848171 in 8,037
New York#979101 in 10,315
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See more about Chasity
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 507 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #4,546)
  • 1,887 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #4,546)
  • 3,053 spots since 2015 (#1,493 → #4,546)
  • Biggest jump: 1,789 spots in 1972 (#2,542 → #753)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 2003 (#567 → #727)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1976 at #253 (935 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1972–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,567
  • Highest: 1 in 1,567 girls born in 1976 were named Chasity (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Chasity (7,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5,317#253 (1976)#900
1980s7,086#296 (1980)#340
1990s6,430#343 (1991)#407
2000s3,780#492 (2000)#747
2010s1,492#1,042 (2010)#1,572
2020s309#2,484 (2021)#3,305

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.

Chasity in 1974

girls
#350
618 births · 1 in 2,375 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #350Chasity618
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 2,375 of them was named Chasity, which outranked 96.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chasity
  1. #347Angelina626
  2. #348Rosemary624
  3. #349Lynette621
  4. #350Chasity618
  5. #350Autumn618
  6. #350Melisa618
  7. #353Ronda612
  8. #354Tanisha611
  9. #355Meghan609

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974 →