Chawn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Chawn between 1966 and 2011, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Chawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 40 additional births since 1965.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chawn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chawn 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 187 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.