Chynna — girls' name
2,263 babies named Chynna in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Chynna was born in this single decade.
242 babies were named Chynna in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chynna
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,263 babies named Chynna between 1979 and 2022, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chynna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 242 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chynna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,532 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chynna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 208 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Chynna in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chynna 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 2,263 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.
Chynna at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chynna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1979
- Peak year (1991)
- 242
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
2,263 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 242 births in a single year.
Chynna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,532 births that decade — 68% of Chynna's all-time total
Chynna decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,532 births
- Runner-up 343 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chynna's strongest decade
1,532 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Chynna by state
Where Chynna concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 208 | 9.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 171 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 90 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 78 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 77 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 69 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 60 | 2.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 54 | 2.4% |
208 of 2,263 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.2% of nationwide
- New York 7.6% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.4% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Chynna appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1979–2022 (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.