Girls' name · since 1973
Chy
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Chy, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Chy is the #15325 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 16 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chy has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1973, currently ranked #15325 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #48,502 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,325 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chy ranks #48,502 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,325 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #48,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chy'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.
How Chy compares
16 6th percentile among 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
Chy's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chy splits its recorded history at 1980: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% 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 1973 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Chy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Chy's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Chy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chy's data
- Chy's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2020s (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 Chy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Chy 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.