Chaney Girl
How popular is Chaney?
#6,837 girl name in 2025
16 baby girls were named Chaney in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
1,569living people named Chaney (est.)
28median age of people named Chaney
1,783babies named Chaney since 1880
1 in 207,209US babies born in 2025
Chaney popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,837 for girls (▲ 410 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,719 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (57 girls) |
| Highest rank | #959 in 1888 |
| First recorded | 1886 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chaney counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chany family of names ranked #1,346 for girls in 2025 (#1,269 the year before), with 127 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chany | 88 | 69% |
| Chaney | 16 | 13% |
| Chani | 11 | 9% |
| Chanie | 12 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Chaney by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #959 |
| 1890s | 16 | #1,337 |
| 1900s | 46 | #1,297 |
| 1910s | 45 | #2,359 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,399 |
| 1930s | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1940s | 14 | #3,736 |
| 1950s | 18 | #4,313 |
| 1960s | 16 | #6,563 |
| 1970s | 87 | #5,091 |
| 1980s | 151 | #3,852 |
| 1990s | 324 | #3,012 |
| 2000s | 361 | #2,734 |
| 2010s | 164 | #5,657 |
| 2020s | 82 | #6,837 |
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Questions
- Is Chaney a boy or girl name?
- Chaney is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Chaney were girls.
- How popular is the name Chaney?
- 16 baby girls were named Chaney in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
- When was Chaney most popular?
- Chaney peaked in 2003, when 57 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #959 in 1888.
- How many people are named Chaney?
- 1,783 babies have been named Chaney in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,569 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
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.