Unisex name · since 1978
Chastin
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 463 babies named Chastin, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,252 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 463
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chastin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 463 recorded since 1978.
Chastin has 463 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1978 to 2024.
- #8,252 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 463 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chastin ranks #8,252 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 463 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,252 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 463
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chastin's 463 recorded births place it above 81.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chastin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chastin splits its recorded history at 2002: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chastin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Chastin popularity over time - girls
126 total births recorded since 1982 (Chastin as girls' name)
Chastin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (150 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Chastin's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Chastin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
110 births
- 2000s
2000s
150 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 150 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Chastin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (150 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chastin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1978–2024 (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 Chastin 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.