Girls' name · since 1976
Chiana
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 215 babies named Chiana, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chiana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 215 have been recorded since 1976.
Chiana has 215 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2014.
- #19,061 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 215 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chiana ranks #19,061 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 215 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chiana's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Chiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chiana's full recorded timeline at 2001, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2014
- Peak year (2001)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Chiana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (109 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Chiana's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Chiana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
109 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 109 births (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.
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What to do with Chiana's data
- Chiana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chianas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chiana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1976–2014 (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 Chiana 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.