Girls' name · since 1977
Chinue
Chinue has 16 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chinue is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1977.
Chinue has 16 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1993.
- #48,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1977
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinue ranks #48,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1977, peaking in the 1970s.
- #48,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chinue's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chinue's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chinue's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chinue popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1993
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Chinue by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1970s was Chinue's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Chinue births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Chinue's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1990s (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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Two nationwide peer axes for Chinue: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1977–1993 (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 Chinue 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.