Chenin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chenin

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Chenin between 1978 and 1986, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chenin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chenin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chenin 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 Chenin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chenin 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 29 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.