Girls' name · since 1990
Chaylene
27 babies named Chaylene 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.
- #42,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Chaylene since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaylene has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1990 to 1999.
- #42,131 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaylene ranks #42,131 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #42,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chaylene's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chaylene's full recorded timeline at 1995, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chaylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1999
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Chaylene by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (27 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Chaylene's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Chaylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 27 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chaylene: 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 (~9 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, 1990–1999 (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 Chaylene 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.