Boys' name · since 1994
Chinou
11 babies named Chinou in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,294 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
11 boys have been named Chinou since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chinou has 11 recorded births among boys since 1994, 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 1994 to 2002.
- #33,294 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinou ranks #33,294 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,294 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chinou's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chinou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chinou's full recorded timeline at 2002, 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 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chinou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2002
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Chinou by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Chinou's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Chinou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Chinou's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chinou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1994–2002 (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 Chinou 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.