Feminine dossier · first seen 1979

Chyna

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

Endangered Down 96.9% from peak

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

573

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1979Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

96.9%

2024

All-time

5,777

Chyna 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 1999, when 573 girls were named Chyna.

In 2024, only 18 girls were given the name.

Down 96.9% from its peak.

All told, about 5,777 Americans have been named Chyna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1979.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.9% from peak

1999573 girls named Chyna

202418 girls named Chyna

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