Unisex name · since 1978
Chayne
Chayne has 240 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,905 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 240
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chayne sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 240 recorded since 1978.
Chayne has 240 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2015.
- #11,905 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 240 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chayne ranks #11,905 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,905 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 240
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chayne's 240 recorded births place it above 73.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chayne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chayne splits its recorded history at 1997: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chayne popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2015
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Chayne popularity over time - girls
25 total births recorded since 1993 (Chayne as girls' name)
Chayne by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (92 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Chayne's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Chayne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 92 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Chayne's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (92 total births) through the 2010s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chayne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1978–2015 (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 Chayne 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.