Chanae — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chanae

The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Chanae between 1976 and 2006, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chanae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chanae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chanae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Chanae in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chanae 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 406 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.