Chyna
#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 573 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,805since 1979
Chyna over time
Rank among girls' names. Chyna has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 |
| 2018 | #2,532 | 69 |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 |
| 2016 | #1,956 | 102 |
| 2015 | #1,719 | 122 |
| 2014 | #1,562 | 139 |
| 2013 | #1,362 | 171 |
| 2012 | #1,108 | 224 |
| 2011 | #1,402 | 163 |
| 2010 | #1,562 | 142 |
| 2009 | #1,866 | 113 |
| 2008 | #2,042 | 101 |
| 2007 | #2,293 | 84 |
| 2006 | #2,127 | 91 |
| 2005 | #1,767 | 111 |
| 2004 | #1,380 | 151 |
| 2003 | #1,297 | 160 |
| 2002 | #1,022 | 212 |
| 2001 | #639 | 395 |
| 2000 | #527 | 500 |
| 1999 | #463 | 573 |
| 1998 | #597 | 404 |
| 1997 | #740 | 288 |
| 1996 | #950 | 202 |
| 1995 | #1,426 | 114 |
| 1994 | #1,535 | 101 |
| 1993 | #1,318 | 127 |
| 1992 | #1,164 | 151 |
| 1991 | #1,375 | 117 |
| 1990 | #1,634 | 91 |
| 1989 | #1,164 | 141 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chyna! It came in at #6,189, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Chyna is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#319 · 1 in 1,252
- Louisiana#355 · 1 in 1,493
- Arkansas#557 · 1 in 2,321
- North Carolina#598 · 1 in 3,008
- Georgia#718 · 1 in 3,708
Best ever in a state: #124 in District of Columbia, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #319 | 9 | 1 in 1,252 |
| Louisiana | #355 | 14 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Arkansas | #557 | 5 | 1 in 2,321 |
| North Carolina | #598 | 15 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Georgia | #718 | 13 | 1 in 3,708 |
| Florida | #1,014 | 13 | 1 in 6,441 |
| Tennessee | #1,066 | 5 | 1 in 6,223 |
| New Jersey | #1,165 | 5 | 1 in 7,422 |
| Texas | #1,213 | 21 | 1 in 7,942 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,372 | 5 | 1 in 10,642 |
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See more about Chyna
- 1,516 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #4,878)
- 1,271 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #4,878)
- 3,159 spots since 2015 (#1,719 → #4,878)
- Biggest jump: 476 spots in 1996 (#1,426 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 383 spots in 2002 (#639 → #1,022)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1999 at #463 (573 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1996–2001
- Highest: 1 in 3,096 girls born in 1999 were named Chyna (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 59,528 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 37.3% of all girls named Chyna (2,168) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #6,189 (1979) | #6,189 |
| 1980s | 246 | #1,164 (1989) | #5,693 |
| 1990s | 2,168 | #463 (1999) | #1,120 |
| 2000s | 1,918 | #527 (2000) | #1,496 |
| 2010s | 1,258 | #1,108 (2012) | #1,878 |
| 2020s | 205 | #3,112 (2021) | #4,423 |
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.
Chyna in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 12,851 of them was named Chyna, which outranked 91.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,552Korie140
- #1,552Tahiry140
- #1,552Tallulah140
- #1,562Chyna139
- #1,562Annamarie139
- #1,562Ariyanna139
- #1,562Emalyn139
- #1,569Ariyana138
- #1,569Camdyn138
- #1,569Elisha138
Tied with 6 names at #1,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.