Chau**
#11,095 most common girls' name of all time · #18,402 across all names · 22% male / 78% female · used 1975–2022 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#11,095
Rank overall
#18,402 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
496
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1982 #4,153
Best rank
#3,712 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Chau first appears in 1975. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,581 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,818 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,549 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,927 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,034 |
| 2012 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,665 |
| 2010 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,571 |
| 2009 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,202 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,905 |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,866 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,430 |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,762 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,472 |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,468 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,066 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,780 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,639 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,636 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,569 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,826 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,182 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,034 |
| 1992 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #11,053 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #9,003 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,752 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,825 |
| 1988 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #6,547 |
| 1987 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #4,631 |
| 1986 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #6,053 |
| 1985 | 22 | 12 | 34 | #3,838 |
| 1984 | 17 | 11 | 28 | #4,456 |
| 1983 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #5,408 |
| 1982 | 19 | 16 | 35 | #4,153 |
| 1981 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #6,263 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,712 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #8,806 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,893 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #6,575 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,293 |