Chyna — #6448 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Chyna

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,777 babies named Chyna between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chyna currently holds the #6448 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 573 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chyna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chyna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 416 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Chyna in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chyna 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 5,777 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.