Chiana — girls' name
215 babies named Chiana in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
215 girls have been named Chiana since 1976, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 215
- total births
- 1976–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Chiana was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Chiana in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chiana
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Chiana between 1976 and 2014, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chiana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chiana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chiana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Chiana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chiana 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 215 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.
Chiana at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1976
- Peak year (2001)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
215 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 25 births in a single year.
Chiana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 109 births that decade — 51% of Chiana's all-time total
Chiana decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chiana's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Chiana by state
Where Chiana concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 215 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–2014 (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.