Girls' name · since 1996
Chanaya
54 babies named Chanaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,060 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chanaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Chanaya recorded 54 times among girls since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2009.
- #34,060 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanaya ranks #34,060 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,060 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chanaya's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chanaya's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chanaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2009
- Peak year (1999)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Chanaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (30 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Chanaya's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Chanaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 30 births (56% of all-time use).
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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, 1996–2009 (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 Chanaya 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.