Chirag — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chirag

The Social Security Administration has registered 667 babies named Chirag between 1973 and 2023, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chirag currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chirag performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chirag shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Chirag in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chirag 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 667 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.