Girls' name · since 1969
Chanese
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Chanese, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
69 girls have been named Chanese since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chanese has 69 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1994.
- #31,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanese ranks #31,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chanese's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chanese splits its recorded history at 1990: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chanese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1994
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Chanese by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (36 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Chanese's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Chanese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 36 births (52% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~25 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, 1969–1994 (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 Chanese 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.