Chenia — girls' name
10 babies named Chenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 girls have been named Chenia since 1982, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 10
- total births
- 1982–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Chenia was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Chenia in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chenia
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Chenia between 1982 and 1999, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chenia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chenia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chenia 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 10 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.
Chenia at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1982
- Peak year (1982)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
10 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 5 births in a single year.
Chenia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Chenia's all-time total
Chenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chenia's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1982–1999 (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.