girls:
1.3k births since 1886
#4384 (23rd percentile)
boys:
411 births since 1915
#4175 (9th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1886
#5999 (22nd percentile)
The name Chaney is the #5,999 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,752 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 22.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,384 (23.3% percentile) for all time with 1,341 births since 1886. For boys, it ranks #4,175 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 411 births since 1915.
Chaney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Chaney is available in 87 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (86 years for girls and 42 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chaney has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Chaney were girls.
For girls, Chaney reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #855) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 42 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Chaney ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 12.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Chaney reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #777) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chaney".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Chaney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.7% confident that Chaney is pronounced as CHAY-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-NEE, at 13.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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