Chenay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chenay

The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Chenay between 1973 and 1992, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chenay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chenay performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chenay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chenay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chenay 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 61 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.