Unisex name · since 1985
Chade
137 babies named Chade in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chade is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 137 have been recorded since 1985.
Chade has 137 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2007.
- #23,691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chade ranks #23,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chade's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chade's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chade's full recorded timeline at 1995, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chade popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2007
- Peak year (1986)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Chade popularity over time - boys
18 total births recorded since 1979 (Chade as boys' name)
Chade by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (58 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Chade's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Chade births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 58 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Chade's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2000s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chade: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chade draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.