Chynah — girls' name
144 babies named Chynah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
144 girls have been named Chynah since 1995, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2015.
- 144
- total births
- 1995–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Chynah was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Chynah in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chynah
The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Chynah between 1995 and 2015, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chynah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chynah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chynah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chynah 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 144 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.
Chynah at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chynah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1995
- Peak year (2001)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
144 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 17 births in a single year.
Chynah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 54 births that decade — 38% of Chynah's all-time total
Chynah decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chynah's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.