Chano

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Chano has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1975, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Chano, 1979

1 in 665,000

Chano over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chano: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chano means

Chano is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Chano is used in Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Chano is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃano/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 33 boys were recorded with the name Chano between 1918 and 1979. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1975; its best national rank was #4,276 in 1918.

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.

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How common is Chano?

Chano had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1979, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1979: 1 in 665,000; 5 of 3,326,731 births
Among boys only: 1 in 344,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1979: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,184 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chano sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1979 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 461,184 children born in 1979 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chano. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chanos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chano was born before 1975 — so the typical Chano is around 50 today.

Median birth year: 1975; About 50 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 69.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 23; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 69.7% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Chano 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1975 (7)
Years since peak: 50; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,276; 1918

Spellings of Chano

Chano is not the most common spelling — Chad is, with 31.4% against Chano's <0.01%.

Chad31.4%240,728
Shane25.1%192,583
Chase23.6%181,160
Chance7.1%54,622
Hank2.2%16,984
Hans2.0%15,677
Chaim1.6%12,072
Chaz1.3%9,909

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.

Chano by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,276; 1918
Peak year: 1975; 7 that year
First recorded: 1918
Last recorded: 1979
All-time count: 33
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chano

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

Charm Chans Charl Chato Charis Chadi Chaos Chaske Chanan Chade Chante Chalen Chale Chap Chamber Changa Chayan Chanon Chasyn Tano Chanh Chapel Chalon Chasse

Sibling names for Chano

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

For a sister

Karie Brandee Sunshine Kisha Ami Susannah Misti Kesha

For a brother

Giuseppe Abdul Demond Andrea Jamey Torrey Federico Erin

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