Chanise — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chanise

The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Chanise between 1971 and 2011, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chanise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chanise performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chanise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Chanise in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chanise 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 333 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.