Chi

Where Chi comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chi.

  • Vowel-ended
Chi through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,995 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Peak, #2,506
    29 babies named Chi, its best rank.
  3. 1979
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,751.
  4. 2009
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.