Girls' name · since 1971
Chenille
207 babies named Chenille in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chenille sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 207 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chenille has been recorded 207 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2007.
- #19,466 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chenille ranks #19,466 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chenille's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chenille's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chenille's full recorded timeline at 1989, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chenille popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2007
- Peak year (2002)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Chenille by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (72 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Chenille's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Chenille births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 72 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Chenille's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (72 total births) through the 2000s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chenille: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1971–2007 (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 Chenille 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.