Girls' name · since 1998
Chaniyah
303 babies named Chaniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 303
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaniyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 303 have been recorded since 1998.
Chaniyah has 303 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2023.
- #15,811 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 303 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaniyah ranks #15,811 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 303 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 303
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaniyah's 303 recorded births place it above 78.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Chaniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chaniyah splits its recorded history at 2010: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chaniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2023
- Peak year (2008)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Chaniyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (159 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Chaniyah's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Chaniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
159 births
- 2010s
2010s
121 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 159 births (52% of all-time use).
Chaniyah by state
Where Chaniyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 20 | 6.6% |
20 of 303 births nationwide.
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- Chaniyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (159 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Chaniyahs (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
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, 1998–2023 (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 Chaniyah 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.