Girls' name · since 1892

Chanie

Chanie has 957 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#7,743 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,385 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
957
born since 1892
1990s
peak decade

Chanie currently ranks #8385 among girls' names in America, with 957 babies recorded since 1892.

Chanie has 957 recorded births among girls since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8385 as of the latest data, more common than 52% of girls, 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 1892 to 2025.

  • #7,743 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,385 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 957 born since 1892
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanie ranks #7,743 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,385 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 957 born since 1892, peaking in the 1990s.

#7,743 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,385 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
957
born since 1892
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%51.5%
Chanie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Chanie's 957 recorded births place it above 89.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Chanie compares

957 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Chanie's all-time total is 155% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Chanie Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 957 376 567,345
Peak-year births 22 21 19,840

Chanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Chanie's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1892, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Chanie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2004)
22
Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
0510152025 189219151930196019781991200320152025 12

Chanie by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (171 births, 18% of the file).

1990s was Chanie's strongest decade.

171 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.

Chanie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 171 births (18% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Chanie compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chanie's total volume

Chanie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10%12% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -21, 9.7%-29, 7.5%-128, 2%-55, 8.7%-101, 4.4%-33, 6.2%-76, 10.1%-56, 4.3%-140, 3.7%-28, 8.2%-35, 10.3%-50, 4.7%-47, 4.5%-31, 7.8%-112, 3.4%Chanie-134, 2.3%Chanie
Chanie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Chanie by state

Where Chanie concentrates geographically, total births since 1892

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Chanie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
477 49.8%
#2 North Carolina
7 0.7%
New York share of Chanie's total US births 49.8%
Even split

477 of 957 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Chanie?
Since 1892, Social Security records show 957 babies named Chanie. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #7,743 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #8,385 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2004, with 22 births.
Where does Chanie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanie ranks #7,743 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,385 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Chanie most popular?
Chanie was most popular in the 1990s decade with 171 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Chanie most popular?
The top states for the name Chanie are New York (477 births), North Carolina (7 births).
How long has the name Chanie been used?
Chanie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1892, spanning 134 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Chanie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Charlotte, Charlene, Charlie, Charity, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Chanie's data

  • Chanie's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (171 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Chanies (477 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Chanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1892–2025 (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 Chanie 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.