Chyna Girl
How popular is Chyna?
#4,877 girl name in 2025
27 baby girls were named Chyna in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name.
Chyna popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,877 for girls (▲ 1514 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-78% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,719 in 2015, #3,606 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (573 girls) |
| Highest rank | #463 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1979 |
| 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 |
Chyna 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.
Where Chyna is most popular
Babies named Chyna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Chyna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1980s | 246 | #1,161 |
| 1990s | 2,168 | #463 |
| 2000s | 1,918 | #527 |
| 2010s | 1,258 | #1,108 |
| 2020s | 205 | #3,112 |
Girl names about as popular as Chyna
Questions
- Is Chyna a boy or girl name?
- Chyna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Chyna were girls.
- How popular is the name Chyna?
- 27 baby girls were named Chyna in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name.
- When was Chyna most popular?
- Chyna peaked in 1999, when 573 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #463 in 1999.
- How many people are named Chyna?
- 5,805 babies have been named Chyna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,738 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Chyna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chyna was most common in Mississippi, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.