Chastity — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chastity

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,711 babies named Chastity between 1969 and 2023, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chastity currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 749 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chastity performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chastity shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 819 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Chastity in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chastity 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 9,711 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.