Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chaney**

#4,827 most common girls' name of all time · #8,186 across all names · 23% male / 77% female · used 1886–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#4,827
Rank overall
#8,186 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
1,783
Since 2016
152
Peak year
2003 #2,740
Best rank
#1,029 1888
Girls Boys peak 77/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Chaney first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 16 16 #6,853
2024 15 15 #7,270
2023 9 9 #10,347
2022 12 5 17 #8,565
2021 15 15 #7,265
2020 15 15 #7,230
2019 16 16 #7,040
2018 13 13 #8,165
2017 22 22 #5,672
2016 14 14 #8,000
2015 18 18 #6,736
2014 15 15 #7,659
2013 16 16 #7,393
2012 16 16 #7,476
2011 18 6 24 #6,865
2010 16 5 21 #7,530
2009 25 5 30 #5,548
2008 17 17 #7,433
2007 22 6 28 #6,110
2006 28 11 39 #4,960
2005 36 10 46 #3,946
2004 38 8 46 #3,753
2003 57 20 77 #2,740
2002 33 12 45 #3,895
2001 54 19 73 #2,740
2000 51 11 62 #2,820
1999 31 12 43 #3,810
1998 42 23 65 #3,023
1997 28 15 43 #3,906
1996 39 8 47 #3,035
1995 28 12 40 #3,796
1994 28 16 44 #3,796
1993 33 10 43 #3,356
1992 31 18 49 #3,514
1991 37 18 55 #3,042
1990 27 11 38 #3,821
1989 19 8 27 #4,683
1988 16 11 27 #5,091
1987 16 6 22 #4,877
1986 18 7 25 #4,371
1985 11 9 20 #6,066
1984 11 6 17 #5,934
1983 10 10 #6,250
1982 13 6 19 #5,235
1981 17 5 22 #4,359
1980 20 5 25 #3,868
1979 13 11 24 #5,120
1978 10 7 17 #6,001
1977 12 12 24 #5,241
1976 5 6 11 #9,389
1975 9 6 15 #6,016
1974 7 11 18 #6,952
1973 8 8 #6,131
1972 6 9 15 #7,371
1971 9 9 #5,583
1970 8 8 #5,852
1969 6 6 #6,685
1967 5 5 #6,875
1966 5 6 11 #6,637
1958 6 6 #5,481
1957 5 5 #6,176
1951 5 5
1950 7 7 #4,374
1946 7 7 #4,051
1942 7 7 #3,796
1930 7 7 #3,734
1924 6 5 11 #4,498
1921 9 9 #3,451
1920 7 7 #4,035
1918 5 5 #4,889
1916 7 7 #3,608
1915 9 9 18 #2,946
1914 6 6 #3,263
1913 6 6 #2,898
1912 7 7 #2,434
1911 5 5 #2,563
1907 8 8 #1,568
1906 6 6 #1,813
1905 9 9 #1,367
1904 6 6 #1,740
1903 6 6 #1,679
1902 5 5 #1,866
1900 6 6 #1,794
1896 5 5 #1,669
1895 6 6 #1,501
1890 5 5 #1,455
1888 8 8 #1,029
1887 6 6 #1,126
1886 5 5 #1,240