Girls' name · since 1944
Chana
Chana has 13,921 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #687 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,921
- born since 1944
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Chana is the #687 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13,921 recorded since 1944.
Chana has 13,921 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #687 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #1,357 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #687 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,921 born since 1944
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chana ranks #1,357 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #687 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,921 born since 1944, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #687 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,921
- born since 1944
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chana's 13,921 recorded births place it above 98.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Chana compares
13,921 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chana's all-time total is 37x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,921 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 432 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chana's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 432, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 432
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Chana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,398 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Chana's strongest decade.
3,398 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Chana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 43
1940s
43 births
- 1950s 211
1950s
211 births
- 1960s 614
1960s
614 births
- 1970s 1,193
1970s
1,193 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,808 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,790 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,579 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,398 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,285 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,398 births (24% of all-time use).
How Chana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chana's total volume
Chana by state
Where Chana concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8,215 | 59.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 2,442 | 17.5% |
| #3 | California | | 444 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 228 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 213 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 201 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 85 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 66 | 0.5% |
8,215 of 13,921 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Chana appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chana's data
- Chana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,398 total births) through the 2020s (2,285) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Chanas (8,215 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Chana 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.