Chastity

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312

Peak · girls
1976 · 746 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,711
since 1969

Chastity over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chastity has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #308, 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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
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2023#10,3129
2022#12,2437
2021#10,2929
2020—
2019#11,3568
2018#6,79217
2017#4,47731
2016#5,13026
2015#4,58430
2014#4,89228
2013#4,33633
2012#4,70730
2011#3,60343
2010#5,10827
2009#4,67731
2008#3,22252
2007#2,82264
2006#2,18688
2005#2,14086
2004#1,99992
2003#2,14481
2002#1,791100
2001#1,476127
2000#1,225162
1999#1,088183
1998#1,156163
1997#1,362126
1996#1,186152
1995#1,126157
1994#1,018182
1993#881219
1992#992192
1991#894219
1990#916209
1989#905203
1988#824221
1987#946172
1986#861192
1985#720239
1984#756214
1983#702243
1982#630285
1981#630283
1980#579319
1979#469428
1978#503383
1977#406510
1976#308746
1975#327680
1974#311749
1973#380544
1972#675220
1971#1,77250
1970#2,04340
1969#5,9747
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five girls were named Chastity! It came in at #5,974, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Chastity is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,259 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,922 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,129 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,079 girlsMINew York: #579 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 4,251 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedIAIndiana: #674 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,804 girlsINOhio: #927 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,025 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,172 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,202 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #430 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,089 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,890 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 23,775 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMOKentucky: #516 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,292 girlsKYWest Virginia: #242 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,461 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedVAMaryland: #669 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,523 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedARTennessee: #365 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,535 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,981 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #541 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,855 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedLAMississippi: #317 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,683 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedALGeorgia: #412 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,791 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedHITexas: #642 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 4,704 girlsTXFlorida: #1,135 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,908 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#242 · 1 in 1,461
  2. Mississippi#317 · 1 in 1,683
  3. Tennessee#365 · 1 in 2,535
  4. Georgia#412 · 1 in 2,791
  5. Connecticut#430 · 1 in 3,089

Best ever in a state: #101 in Kentucky, 1974.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#24261 in 1,461
Mississippi#31781 in 1,683
Tennessee#365121 in 2,535
Georgia#412151 in 2,791
Connecticut#43061 in 3,089
Kentucky#51651 in 4,292
South Carolina#54151 in 3,855
New York#579281 in 4,251
North Carolina#61281 in 4,981
Texas#642291 in 4,704
Maryland#66951 in 5,523
Indiana#67461 in 5,804
Ohio#92771 in 10,025
Michigan#1,12951 in 12,079
Florida#1,13571 in 10,908
Pennsylvania#1,17251 in 14,202
Illinois#1,25961 in 12,922
California#1,890111 in 23,775
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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.

See more about Chastity
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 1,097 spots in 1972 (#1,772 → #675)
  • Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1986 (#720 → #861)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1976 at #308 (746 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1972–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,959
  • Highest: 1 in 1,959 girls born in 1974 were named Chastity (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,287 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #308 in 1976, was only 1 in 1,964 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 44.8% of all girls named Chastity (4,350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s7#5,974 (1969)#5,974
1970s4,350#308 (1976)#719
1980s2,371#579 (1980)#755
1990s1,802#881 (1993)#1,062
2000s883#1,225 (2000)#2,368
2010s273#3,603 (2011)#5,499
2020s25#10,292 (2021)#10,949

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.

Chastity in 1991

girls
#894
219 births · 1 in 8,562 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #894Chastity219
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 8,562 of them was named Chastity, which outranked 94.2% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chastity
  1. #888Mai221
  2. #892Elsa220
  3. #892Fiona220
  4. #894Chastity219
  5. #894Alayna219
  6. #896Richelle218
  7. #897Kandice217
  8. #897Leeann217

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →