Girls' name · since 1985
Charnay
164 babies named Charnay in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
164 girls have been named Charnay since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Charnay has 164 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2009.
- #21,823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Charnay ranks #21,823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Charnay's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Charnay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Charnay's full recorded timeline at 1995, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Charnay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2009
- Peak year (1992)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Charnay by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (93 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Charnay's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Charnay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 93 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Charnay's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2000s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Charnay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1985–2009 (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 Charnay 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.