Chardonnay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chardonnay

The Social Security Administration has registered 643 babies named Chardonnay between 1985 and 2018, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chardonnay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chardonnay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 361 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chardonnay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chardonnay in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chardonnay 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 643 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.