girls:
209 births since 1978
#5507 (4th percentile)
boys:
325 births since 1920
#4261 (7th percentile)
overall:
534 births since 1920
#7205 (7th percentile)
The name Chee is the #7,205 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 534 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,261 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 325 births since 1920. For girls, it ranks #5,507 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 209 births since 1978.
Chee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1978 for girls). Birth data for Chee is available in 39 out of the 82 years between 1920 and 2001 (36 years for boys and 19 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 Chee has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.9% of all recorded births). In 2001, 100.0% of babies named Chee were boys.
For boys, Chee reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #743) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2001.
For girls, Chee reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #809) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1997.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chee".
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