Unisex name · since 1982
Ching
Ching has 84 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ching sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 84 recorded since 1982.
Ching has 84 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1998.
- #18,532 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 84 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ching ranks #18,532 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ching's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ching's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ching's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ching popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1998
- Peak year (1994)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Ching popularity over time - girls
30 total births recorded since 1980 (Ching as girls' name)
Ching by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (47 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Ching's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Ching births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 47 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ching: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1982–1998 (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 Ching 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.