Chayne — boys' name
240 babies named Chayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
240 boys have been named Chayne since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 240
- total births
- 1978–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Chayne was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Chayne in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chayne
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Chayne between 1978 and 2015, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chayne currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Chayne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chayne performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chayne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chayne 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 240 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.
Chayne at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chayne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1978
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
240 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 15 births in a single year.
Chayne popularity over time — girls
25 total births recorded since 1993 (Chayne as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chayne accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chayne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 92 births that decade — 38% of Chayne's all-time total
Chayne decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chayne's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1978–2015 (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.