Boys' name · since 1984
Chiron
Chiron has 149 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,457 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Chiron currently ranks #8457 among boys' names in America, with 149 babies recorded since 1984.
Social Security Administration records show Chiron recorded 149 times among boys since 1984, holding rank #8457 nationally today, ahead of 39% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #14,783 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,457 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chiron ranks #14,783 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,457 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 149 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,457 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Chiron's 149 recorded births place it above 67.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Chiron compares
149 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chiron's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chiron | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Chiron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chiron's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chiron popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Chiron popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1983 (Chiron as girls' name)
Chiron by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (70 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Chiron's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Chiron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 70 births (47% of all-time use).
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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, 1984–2025 (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 Chiron 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.