Chenille

Peak · girls
1980 · 14 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
207
since 1971

Chenille over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chenille has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #4,978, 1980girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007#15,4916
2006—
2005#9,45211
2004#12,7617
2003#7,99813
2002#6,69816
2001#11,0208
2000—
1999#11,3857
1998—
1997#13,7245
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993#5,95515
1992—
1991#11,5096
1990#12,9585
1989#9,6817
1988—
1987#7,9878
1986—
1985#9,3076
1984#5,53912
1983#9,0156
1982#6,37110
1981#6,8049
1980#4,97814
1979#5,09213
1978#9,7505
1977#8,4446
1976#7,2967
1975—
1974—
1973—
1972—
1971#8,3245
1970—
1969—
1968—
1967—
1966—
1965—
1964—
1963—
1962—
1961—
1960—
1959—
1958—
1957—
1956—
1955—
1954—
1953—
1952—
1951—
1950—
1949—
1948—
1947—
1946—
1945—
1944—
1943—
1942—
1941—
1940—
1939—
1938—
1937—
1936—
1935—
1934—
1933—
1932—
1931—
1930—
1929—
1928—
1927—
1926—
1925—
1924—
1923—
1922—
1921—
1920—
1919—
1918—
1917—
1916—
1915—
1914—
1913—
1912—
1911—
1910—
1909—
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905—
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Chenille! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Chenille is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Chenille in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Chenille
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1980 at #4,978 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 3 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 112,305
  • Highest: 1 in 112,305 girls born in 2002 were named Chenille (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,436 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #4,978 in 1980, was only 1 in 118,593 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 34.8% of all girls named Chenille (72) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s36#5,092 (1979)#7,781
1980s72#4,978 (1980)#7,460
1990s38#5,955 (1993)#11,106
2000s61#6,698 (2002)#10,570

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.

Want to check a specific year?

See where Chenille ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: