Chi**
#5,850 most common girls' name of all time · #9,885 across all names · 42% male / 58% female · used 1970–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#5,850
Rank overall
#9,885 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,326
Since 2016
281
Peak year
1982 #3,247
Best rank
#2,559 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 48/yr
Chi first appears in 1970. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #6,636 |
| 2024 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #6,459 |
| 2023 | 32 | 15 | 47 | #4,390 |
| 2022 | 21 | 14 | 35 | #5,850 |
| 2021 | 26 | 10 | 36 | #5,011 |
| 2020 | 17 | 14 | 31 | #6,721 |
| 2019 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #6,495 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #12,746 |
| 2017 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #8,942 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,078 |
| 2015 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,344 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,332 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #14,965 |
| 2012 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #12,430 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #9,515 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #18,047 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2005 | 15 | 8 | 23 | #7,620 |
| 2004 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #11,933 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #16,355 |
| 2002 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #16,016 |
| 2001 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #11,325 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #12,173 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #13,164 |
| 1998 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #7,718 |
| 1997 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #10,161 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #8,407 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | 18 | 33 | #6,145 |
| 1993 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #6,804 |
| 1992 | 18 | 12 | 30 | #5,386 |
| 1991 | 19 | 11 | 30 | #5,112 |
| 1990 | 24 | 12 | 36 | #4,194 |
| 1989 | 11 | 23 | 34 | #7,214 |
| 1988 | 17 | 15 | 32 | #4,980 |
| 1987 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #5,489 |
| 1986 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #4,669 |
| 1985 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #4,782 |
| 1984 | 26 | 13 | 39 | #3,308 |
| 1983 | 20 | 23 | 43 | #3,919 |
| 1982 | 27 | 21 | 48 | #3,247 |
| 1981 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #4,125 |
| 1980 | 25 | 12 | 37 | #3,395 |
| 1979 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #6,033 |
| 1978 | 19 | 9 | 28 | #3,897 |
| 1977 | 21 | 12 | 33 | #3,595 |
| 1976 | 20 | 17 | 37 | #3,520 |
| 1975 | 20 | 10 | 30 | #3,502 |
| 1974 | 28 | 13 | 41 | #2,677 |
| 1973 | 29 | 9 | 38 | #2,559 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,060 |
| 1971 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #9,054 |