Feminine dossier · first seen 1885

China

Name: SSA baby-name counts for China
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.1% from peak

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

245

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1885Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

97.1%

2024

All-time

4,600

China once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1992, when 245 girls were named China.

In 2024, only 7 girls were given the name.

Down 97.1% from its peak.

All told, about 4,600 Americans have been named China and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.1% from peak

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