Unisex name · since 1945
Challis
97 babies named Challis in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
97 girls have been named Challis since 1945, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Challis has been recorded 97 times among girls since 1945, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2002.
- #27,404 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 97 born since 1945
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Challis ranks #27,404 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1945, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Challis's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Challis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Challis's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1945 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Challis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2002
- Peak year (1945)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Challis popularity over time - boys
31 total births recorded since 1914 (Challis as boys' name)
Challis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (46 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Challis's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Challis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 46 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Challis's decade-level peak was the 1990s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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 Challis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1945)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1945–2002 (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 Challis 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.