Chani — #6426 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Chani

The Social Security Administration has registered 707 babies named Chani between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chani currently holds the #6426 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chani performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 140 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Chani in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chani 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 707 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.