Unisex name · since 1986
Chaning
14 babies named Chaning in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaning sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 14 recorded since 1986.
Chaning has 14 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1987.
- #50,440 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 14 born since 1986
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaning ranks #50,440 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1986, peaking in the 1980s.
- #50,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 1986
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaning's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaning's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chaning's SSA record in two at 1987 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 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chaning popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Chaning popularity over time - boys
13 total births recorded since 1992 (Chaning as boys' name)
Chaning by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Chaning's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Chaning births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaning: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1986–1987 (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 Chaning 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.