Chanese — girls' name
69 babies named Chanese in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
69 girls have been named Chanese since 1969, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1994.
- 69
- total births
- 1969–1994
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Chanese was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Chanese in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chanese
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Chanese between 1969 and 1994, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chanese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chanese performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chanese shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chanese 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 69 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.
Chanese at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chanese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1969
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
69 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 12 births in a single year.
Chanese by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 36 births that decade — 52% of Chanese's all-time total
Chanese decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chanese's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.