Chayan — boys' name
27 babies named Chayan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
27 boys have been named Chayan since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 27
- total births
- 1990–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Chayan was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Chayan in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chayan
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Chayan between 1990 and 2009, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chayan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Chayan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chayan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chayan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chayan 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 27 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.
Chayan at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chayan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1990
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
27 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 6 births in a single year.
Chayan popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2005 (Chayan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chayan accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chayan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 63% of Chayan's all-time total
Chayan decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chayan's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.