Girls' name · since 1975
Chanah
Chanah has 195 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chanah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 195 recorded since 1975.
Chanah has 195 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2023.
- #20,052 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 195 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanah ranks #20,052 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 195 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chanah's 195 recorded births place it above 72.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Chanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chanah's full recorded timeline at 2001, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2023
- Peak year (1997)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Chanah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Chanah's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Chanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (37% of all-time use).
Chanah by state
Where Chanah concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 21 | 10.8% |
21 of 195 births nationwide.
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What to do with Chanah's data
- Chanah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Chanahs (21 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Chanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1975–2023 (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 Chanah 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.