Chiffon — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chiffon

The Social Security Administration has registered 470 babies named Chiffon between 1961 and 1995, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chiffon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chiffon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chiffon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Chiffon in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chiffon 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 470 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.