Unisex name · since 1976
Chadney
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.
- #23,159 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chadney is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 43 have been recorded since 1976.
Chadney has 43 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1988.
- #23,159 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 43 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chadney ranks #23,159 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,159 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chadney's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chadney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chadney's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chadney popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1988
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Chadney popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1987 (Chadney as girls' name)
Chadney by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (31 births, 72% of the file).
1980s was Chadney's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Chadney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 31 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chadney: 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 (~12 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, 1976–1988 (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 Chadney 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.