Chany — #2101 US girls' name
1,265 babies named Chany in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Chany was born in this single decade.
91 babies were named Chany in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chany
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,265 babies named Chany between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chany currently holds the #2101 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 91 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chany performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 516 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chany shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 847 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chany in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chany 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 1,265 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.
Chany at a glance
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Current rank
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Chany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2024)
- 91
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #2101 among girls.
1,265 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 91 births in a single year.
Chany by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 516 births that decade — 41% of Chany's all-time total
Chany decade highlights
- Peak decade 516 births
- Runner-up 348 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Chany's strongest decade
516 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Chany by state
Where Chany concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 847 | 67.0% |
847 of 1,265 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 67.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 67.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.