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Chaney

#6,899 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly oak, through Chesney

Chaney has been given to 1,783 babies in the U.S. since 1886. In 2025 it ranked #6,899 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 57 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Chaney, 2025

1 in 207,000

Chaney over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Chaney over time

In 2025, Chaney went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18862025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Chaney: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly oak, through Chesney

surname transfer

What Chaney means

Chaney belongs to the name family reached through Chaney → Chesney. Its meaning is “oak”.

Origin, language, and formation

Chaney is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Chaney is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Chesney.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,372 girls were recorded with the name Chaney between 1886 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 57 in 2003; its best national rank was #970 in 1888.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,292 in 2020 to #6,899 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,777 in 2015 to #6,899 in 2025.

In the United States, 411 boys were recorded with the name Chaney between 1915 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1998; its best national rank was #2,663 in 1915.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Chaney?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,899
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Chaney sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chaney. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chaneys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chaney was born before 1997 — so the typical Chaney is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
26.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,203
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Choose a decade

2000s — 26.3% of all recorded uses (361).

Is Chaney rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+416
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+393
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−122
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.89×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.1%
Peak was 2003 (57)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#970
1888

Spellings of Chaney

Chaney is not the most common spelling — Haley is, with 37.6% against Chaney's 0.32%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Chaney is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Chaney was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 172,632 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Mississippi1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Chaney has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Chaney is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Chaney was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Chaney has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Chaney around the world

Where Chaney ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1999–1999
    #729
    in 1999

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Chaney by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,899
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 393
Best rank ever
#970
1888
Peak year
2003
57 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,372
Count in 2025
16

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,663
1915
Peak year
1998
23 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
411
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Chaney

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Chaney

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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