Chanina — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chanina

The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Chanina between 2004 and 2009, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chanina currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chanina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chanina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chanina 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 15 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.