Girls' name · since 1980
Chole
2,020 babies named Chole in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,676 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,114 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,020
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chole currently ranks #4114 among girls' names in America, with 2,020 babies recorded since 1980.
Chole has 2,020 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4114 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, 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 1980 to 2025.
- #4,676 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,114 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,020 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chole ranks #4,676 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,114 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,020 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,676 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,114 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,020
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chole's 2,020 recorded births place it above 93.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Chole compares
2,020 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Chole's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chole | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,020 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 97 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chole splits its recorded history at 2004: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 97 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chole popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 97
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Chole by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (767 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Chole's strongest decade.
767 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Chole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 80
1980s
80 births
- 1990s
1990s
318 births
- 2000s
2000s
767 births
- 2010s
2010s
592 births
- 2020s 263
2020s
263 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 767 births (38% of all-time use).
How Chole compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chole's total volume
Chole by state
Where Chole concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 115 | 5.7% |
| #2 | California | | 87 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 80 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 56 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 48 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 38 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 33 | 1.6% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 23 | 1.1% |
115 of 2,020 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Chole appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chole's data
- Chole's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (767 total births) through the 2020s (263) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Choles (115 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Chole: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Chole 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.