Girls' name · since 1984
Chaley
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 162 babies named Chaley, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaley is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 162 have been recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaley has been recorded 162 times among girls since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2015.
- #21,964 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaley ranks #21,964 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaley's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chaley's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chaley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2015
- Peak year (2000)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Chaley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (64 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Chaley's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Chaley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Chaley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaley: 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 (~31 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, 1984–2015 (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 Chaley 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.