Chaitanya — boys' name
166 babies named Chaitanya in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
166 boys have been named Chaitanya since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 166
- total births
- 1994–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Chaitanya was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Chaitanya in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chaitanya
The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Chaitanya between 1994 and 2019, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chaitanya currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chaitanya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chaitanya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chaitanya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chaitanya 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 166 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.
Chaitanya at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chaitanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1994
- Peak year (1999)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
166 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 14 births in a single year.
Chaitanya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 91 births that decade — 55% of Chaitanya's all-time total
Chaitanya decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chaitanya's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Chaitanya by state
Where Chaitanya concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 166 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1994–2019 (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.