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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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 1992

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMINew York: #920 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,741 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedINOhio: #657 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,662 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,192 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,692 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,976 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,923 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 23,346 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: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,417 girlsMOKentucky: #355 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,623 girlsKYWest Virginia: #273 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,673 girlsWVVirginia: #708 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,083 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: #421 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #774 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,639 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #568 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,777 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #445 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,633 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedALGeorgia: #339 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,294 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedHITexas: #971 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 8,093 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#273 · 1 in 1,673
  2. Georgia#339 · 1 in 2,294
  3. Kentucky#355 · 1 in 2,623
  4. Connecticut#418 · 1 in 2,976
  5. Tennessee#421 · 1 in 2,975

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#27351 in 1,673
Georgia#339181 in 2,294
Kentucky#35581 in 2,623
Connecticut#41861 in 2,976
Tennessee#421101 in 2,975
Louisiana#44591 in 2,633
South Carolina#56851 in 3,777
Missouri#57271 in 4,417
Ohio#657121 in 5,662
Virginia#70861 in 6,083
North Carolina#77461 in 6,639
New York#920151 in 7,741
Texas#971171 in 8,093
Pennsylvania#1,19251 in 13,692
California#1,923111 in 23,346
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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 1992

girls
#992
192 births · 1 in 9,604 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #992Chastity192
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 9,604 of them was named Chastity, which outranked 93.6% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chastity
  1. #987Lexus193
  2. #987Liza193
  3. #987Selene193
  4. #992Chastity192
  5. #992Becky192
  6. #992Catrina192
  7. #992Kasie192
  8. #996Kenisha191
  9. #997Blake190
  10. #997Stacia190

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

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →