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.
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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 7,771 of them was named China, which outranked 94.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 377,028 of them was named China, which outranked 14.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,549 names at #9,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.