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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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—
2024—
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 1997

  • 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: #1,120 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,392 girlsMINew York: #1,532 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,429 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: #819 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,559 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,935 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 22,285 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: #385 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,470 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #823 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,676 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #406 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,164 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedALGeorgia: #926 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,128 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chastity, so not publishedHITexas: #1,086 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,743 girlsTXFlorida: #1,501 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,670 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#385 · 1 in 2,470
  2. Louisiana#406 · 1 in 2,164
  3. Indiana#819 · 1 in 6,559
  4. North Carolina#823 · 1 in 6,676
  5. Georgia#926 · 1 in 7,128

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#38581 in 2,470
Louisiana#406101 in 2,164
Indiana#81951 in 6,559
North Carolina#82361 in 6,676
Georgia#92661 in 7,128
Texas#1,086161 in 8,743
Michigan#1,12051 in 10,392
Florida#1,50151 in 14,670
New York#1,53271 in 14,429
California#1,935101 in 22,285
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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 1997

girls
#1,362
126 births · 1 in 13,815 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,362Chastity126
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 13,815 of them was named Chastity, which outranked 91.6% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chastity
  1. #1,352Myesha127
  2. #1,352Susannah127
  3. #1,352Tristin127
  4. #1,362Chastity126
  5. #1,362Cherokee126
  6. #1,362Daysha126
  7. #1,362Jourdan126
  8. #1,368Aiyana125
  9. #1,368Alea125
  10. #1,368Debbie125

Tied with 5 names at #1,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →