China
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 245 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,608since 1885
China over time
Rank among girls' names. China has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,989 | 57 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,224 | 51 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,965 | 53 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,887 | 92 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,280 | 151 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,215 | 156 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,024 | 194 | — | |
| 1997 | #899 | 224 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #990 | 190 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,004 | 186 | — | |
| 1994 | #952 | 195 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #873 | 222 | — | |
| 1992 | #816 | 245 | — | |
| 1991 | #977 | 192 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,080 | 163 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,118 | 148 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,320 | 109 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,486 | 87 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,751 | 66 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,991 | 51 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,927 | 53 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named China! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where China is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#541 · 1 in 3,759
- Michigan#573 · 1 in 5,221
- Virginia#741 · 1 in 7,176
- Ohio#855 · 1 in 9,804
- Illinois#879 · 1 in 8,189
Best ever in a state: #210 in District of Columbia, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #541 | 7 | 1 in 3,759 |
| Michigan | #573 | 11 | 1 in 5,221 |
| Virginia | #741 | 5 | 1 in 7,176 |
| Ohio | #855 | 7 | 1 in 9,804 |
| Illinois | #879 | 9 | 1 in 8,189 |
| California | #1,433 | 14 | 1 in 16,317 |
| Texas | #1,874 | 5 | 1 in 25,659 |
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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 China
- 1,244 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #10,917)
- 3,994 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #10,917)
- 6,622 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 161 spots in 1992 (#977 → #816)
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1998 (#899 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1992 at #816 (245 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1991–1994
- Highest: 1 in 7,526 girls born in 1992 were named China (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.7% of all girls named China (1,967) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #1,047 (1885) | #1,162 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 37 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,780 |
| 1910s | 71 | #1,773 (1910) | #2,774 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,191 (1925) | #3,508 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,317 (1937) | #3,263 |
| 1940s | 65 | #3,194 (1942) | #4,173 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,889 (1954) | #4,193 |
| 1960s | 126 | #3,050 (1965) | #3,927 |
| 1970s | 322 | #2,063 (1977) | #2,586 |
| 1980s | 736 | #1,118 (1989) | #1,740 |
| 1990s | 1,967 | #816 (1992) | #983 |
| 2000s | 637 | #1,280 (2000) | #2,930 |
| 2010s | 343 | #2,989 (2011) | #4,920 |
| 2020s | 61 | #6,923 (2020) | #10,119 |
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.
China in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 16,338 of them was named China, which outranked 90.5% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,314Rachele110
- #1,314Talisa110
- #1,314Vannessa110
- #1,320China109
- #1,320Belen109
- #1,320Juliann109
- #1,320Kandis109
- #1,327Ahsley108
- #1,327Alix108
- #1,327Keli108
Tied with 6 names at #1,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.