Unisex name · since 1987
Chayanne
399 babies named Chayanne in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,036 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,529 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 399
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
399 babies have been named Chayanne since 1987, making it today's #12529 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chayanne has been recorded 399 times among boys since 1987, currently ranked #12529 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #9,036 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,529 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 399 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chayanne ranks #9,036 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,529 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 399 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,036 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,529 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 399
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chayanne's 399 recorded births place it above 80.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Chayanne compares
399 Top 49% higher than 51% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chayanne's all-time total is 8% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chayanne | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 399 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chayanne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chayanne's full recorded timeline at 2000, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chayanne popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Chayanne popularity over time - girls
223 total births recorded since 1990 (Chayanne as girls' name)
Chayanne by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (182 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Chayanne's strongest decade.
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Chayanne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 58
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
182 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 182 births (46% of all-time use).
Chayanne by state
Where Chayanne concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 45 | 11.3% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.3% |
45 of 399 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Chayanne's data
- Chayanne's decade-level peak was the 1990s (182 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Chayannes (45 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Chayanne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Chayanne 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.