Unisex name · since 1970
Chae
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 175 babies named Chae, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 175 recorded since 1970.
Chae has 175 recorded births among girls since 1970, 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 1970 to 2005.
- #21,170 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 175 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chae ranks #21,170 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chae's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chae splits its recorded history at 1994: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chae popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2005
- Peak year (1988)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Chae popularity over time - boys
148 total births recorded since 1972 (Chae as boys' name)
Chae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (77 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Chae's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Chae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 77 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Chae's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2000s (26) -- 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 Chae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1970–2005 (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 Chae 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.