Chinmay — boys' name
181 babies named Chinmay in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
181 boys have been named Chinmay since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2022.
- 181
- total births
- 1999–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Chinmay was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Chinmay in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chinmay
The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Chinmay between 1999 and 2022, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chinmay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chinmay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chinmay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chinmay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chinmay 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 181 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.
Chinmay at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chinmay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1999
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
181 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 14 births in a single year.
Chinmay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 94 births that decade — 52% of Chinmay's all-time total
Chinmay decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chinmay's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Chinmay by state
Where Chinmay concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.3% |
6 of 181 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% 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, 1999–2022 (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.