China Girl
How popular is China?
#10,913 girl name in 2025
8 baby girls were named China in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
4,241living people named China (est.)
32median age of people named China
4,618babies named China since 1880
1 in 414,418US babies born in 2025
China popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #10,913 for girls (▲ 1243 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-76% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,294 in 2015, #6,919 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (245 girls) |
| Highest rank | #814 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1885 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
China counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chyna family of names ranked #2,875 for girls in 2025 (#3,455 the year before), with 35 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chyna | 27 | 77% |
| China | 8 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
China by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1900s | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1910s | 71 | #1,773 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,190 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,317 |
| 1940s | 65 | #3,192 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,888 |
| 1960s | 126 | #3,049 |
| 1970s | 322 | #2,063 |
| 1980s | 736 | #1,115 |
| 1990s | 1,967 | #814 |
| 2000s | 637 | #1,278 |
| 2010s | 343 | #2,988 |
| 2020s | 61 | #6,919 |
Girl names about as popular as China
Questions
- Is China a boy or girl name?
- China is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named China were girls.
- How popular is the name China?
- 8 baby girls were named China in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
- When was China most popular?
- China peaked in 1992, when 245 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #814 in 1992.
- How many people are named China?
- 4,618 babies have been named China in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,241 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.