Chania — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chania

The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Chania between 1986 and 2019, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chania currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chania performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chania shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Chania in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chania 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 360 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.