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 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#381 · 1 in 2,369
- Michigan#396 · 1 in 2,711
- Indiana#432 · 1 in 2,980
- Georgia#482 · 1 in 3,396
- Kentucky#511 · 1 in 3,998
Best ever in a state: #210 in District of Columbia, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #381 | 7 | 1 in 2,369 |
| Michigan | #396 | 20 | 1 in 2,711 |
| Indiana | #432 | 11 | 1 in 2,980 |
| Georgia | #482 | 12 | 1 in 3,396 |
| Kentucky | #511 | 5 | 1 in 3,998 |
| Illinois | #520 | 21 | 1 in 3,535 |
| Louisiana | #614 | 6 | 1 in 3,736 |
| Virginia | #626 | 7 | 1 in 5,038 |
| Florida | #700 | 14 | 1 in 5,323 |
| Ohio | #913 | 7 | 1 in 9,239 |
| New York | #1,010 | 13 | 1 in 8,555 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,163 | 5 | 1 in 12,987 |
| California | #1,186 | 22 | 1 in 11,023 |
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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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 9,158 of them was named China, which outranked 94.0% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 386,406 of them was named China, which outranked 14.1% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,445 names at #8,800; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.