Chadney — boys' name
43 babies named Chadney in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 boys have been named Chadney since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1988.
- 43
- total births
- 1976–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Chadney was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Chadney in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chadney
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Chadney between 1976 and 1988, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chadney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Chadney is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chadney performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chadney shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chadney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 43 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chadney at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chadney popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1976
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
43 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 7 births in a single year.
Chadney popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1987 (Chadney as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chadney accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chadney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 31 births that decade — 72% of Chadney's all-time total
Chadney decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chadney's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.