Chemise — girls' name
43 babies named Chemise in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 girls have been named Chemise since 1958, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1990.
- 43
- total births
- 1958–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Chemise was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Chemise in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chemise
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Chemise between 1958 and 1990, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chemise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chemise performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chemise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chemise in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chemise 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 43 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.
Chemise at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chemise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1958
- Peak year (1982)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
43 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 12 births in a single year.
Chemise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 26 births that decade — 60% of Chemise's all-time total
Chemise decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chemise's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Chemise by state
Where Chemise concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 11.6% |
5 of 43 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1958–1990 (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.