Boys' name · since 1999
Chinmay
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.
- #13,569 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 181
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
181 boys have been named Chinmay since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chinmay has 181 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1999 to 2022.
- #13,569 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 181 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinmay ranks #13,569 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 181 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,569 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 181
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chinmay's 181 recorded births place it above 70.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Chinmay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chinmay's full recorded timeline at 2010, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chinmay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2022
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Chinmay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (94 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Chinmay's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Chinmay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 94 births (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.
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What to do with Chinmay's data
- Chinmay's decade-level peak was the 2000s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chinmays (6 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 Chinmay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1999–2022 (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 Chinmay 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.