Chayna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chayna

The Social Security Administration has registered 192 babies named Chayna between 1983 and 2006, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chayna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chayna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chayna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chayna 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 192 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.