Girls' name · since 1980
Chenae
Chenae has 110 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chenae is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 110 have been recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chenae has been recorded 110 times among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1996.
- #26,045 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 110 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chenae ranks #26,045 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 110 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chenae's 110 recorded births place it above 63.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chenae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chenae's full recorded timeline at 1989, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chenae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1996
- Peak year (1991)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Chenae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Chenae's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Chenae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chenae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 1980–1996 (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 Chenae 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.