Chasity

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 935 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
24,414
since 1970

Chasity over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chasity has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #253, 1976girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,54630
2024#4,03936
2023#2,78961
2022#3,31348
2021#2,48471
2020#2,65963
2019#2,05692
2018#2,02696
2017#1,842111
2016#1,775117
2015#1,493153
2014#1,576137
2013#1,382168
2012#1,273188
2011#1,257190
2010#1,042240
2009#1,053246
2008#955282
2007#868321
2006#747370
2005#806321
2004#728367
2003#727351
2002#567467
2001#525508
2000#492547
1999#443606
1998#455569
1997#472532
1996#459544
1995#428607
1994#370702
1993#361705
1992#363706
1991#343755
1990#373704
1989#356720
1988#352706
1987#359662
1986#377618#6,7215
1985#337703
1984#336688#6,3155
1983#331692#4,4998
1982#330732
1981#326725
1980#296840#6,2505
1979#274887
1978#309759
1977#309770
1976#253935
1975#313724
1974#350618
1973#466392
1972#753185
1971#2,54229
1970#3,43518
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Chasity! It came in at #3,435, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.

Where Chasity is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #466 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,498 girlsMNIllinois: #514 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,820 girlsILWisconsin: #570 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,790 girlsWIMichigan: #446 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,623 girlsMINew York: #826 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,458 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedIAIndiana: #259 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,690 girlsINOhio: #277 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,934 girlsOHPennsylvania: #788 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,652 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,568 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 19,556 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedNEMissouri: #513 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,463 girlsMOKentucky: #70 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 342 girlsKYWest Virginia: #160 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 825 girlsWVVirginia: #316 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,171 girlsVAMaryland: #371 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,551 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #376 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,903 girlsNMKansas: #406 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,842 girlsKSArkansas: #128 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 681 girlsARTennessee: #88 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 495 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #175 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,065 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #161 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 909 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chasity, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #203 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsOKLouisiana: #115 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 626 girlsLAMississippi: #89 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 429 girlsMSAlabama: #132 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 653 girlsALGeorgia: #174 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsGAHawaii: #190 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 693 girlsHITexas: #332 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 2,079 girlsTXFlorida: #460 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,471 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#70 · 1 in 342
  2. Tennessee#88 · 1 in 495
  3. Mississippi#89 · 1 in 429
  4. Louisiana#115 · 1 in 626
  5. Arkansas#128 · 1 in 681

Best ever in a state: #62 in Mississippi, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#70611 in 342
Tennessee#88571 in 495
Mississippi#89311 in 429
Louisiana#115421 in 626
Arkansas#128181 in 681
Alabama#132331 in 653
West Virginia#160111 in 825
South Carolina#161201 in 909
Georgia#174391 in 1,005
North Carolina#175351 in 1,065
Hawaii#19071 in 693
Oklahoma#203161 in 1,120
Indiana#259191 in 1,690
Ohio#277351 in 1,934
Virginia#316161 in 2,171
Texas#332621 in 2,079
Maryland#371101 in 2,551
New Mexico#37651 in 1,903
Kansas#40651 in 2,842
Michigan#446161 in 3,623
Florida#460201 in 3,471
Minnesota#46661 in 4,498
Missouri#51371 in 4,463
Illinois#514191 in 3,820
Wisconsin#57051 in 5,790
Pennsylvania#78881 in 8,652
New York#826151 in 7,458
California#1,568111 in 19,556
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Chasity
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 507 spots since 2024 (#4,039#4,546)
  • 1,887 spots since 2020 (#2,659#4,546)
  • 3,053 spots since 2015 (#1,493#4,546)
  • Biggest jump: 1,789 spots in 1972 (#2,542#753)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 2003 (#567#727)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1976 at #253 (935 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1972–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,567
  • Highest: 1 in 1,567 girls born in 1976 were named Chasity (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Chasity (7,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5,317#253 (1976)#900
1980s7,086#296 (1980)#340
1990s6,430#343 (1991)#407
2000s3,780#492 (2000)#747
2010s1,492#1,042 (2010)#1,572
2020s309#2,484 (2021)#3,305

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Chasity in 1987

girls
#359
662 births · 1 in 2,626 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #359Chasity662
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,626 of them was named Chasity, which outranked 97.3% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chasity
  1. #355Janice669
  2. #357Jane668
  3. #357Leigh668
  4. #359Chasity662
  5. #360Annie659
  6. #360Nikita659
  7. #362Irene654
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987