girls:
223 births since 1990
#5493 (4th percentile)
boys:
394 births since 1987
#4192 (9th percentile)
overall:
617 births since 1987
#7122 (8th percentile)
The name Chayanne is the #7,122 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 617 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,192 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 394 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,493 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 223 births since 1990.
Chayanne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Chayanne is available in 26 out of the 30 years between 1987 and 2016 (26 years for boys and 18 years for girls). 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 Chayanne has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.9% of all recorded births). In 2016, 100.0% of babies named Chayanne were boys.
For boys, Chayanne reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #727) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
For girls, Chayanne reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #873) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chayanne".
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Our model has identified 20 different pronunciations for the name Chayanne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 16.3% confident that Chayanne is pronounced as shai-AN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-AN, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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