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Chun

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Spring (season)

Chun has been given to 120 babies in the U.S. since 1974. 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 1984, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.

Babies named Chun, 2000

1 in 756,000

Chun over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2000, Chun went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19422000

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.

Chun: meaning, origin, and history

Spring (season)

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chun means

Chun means “spring (season)”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Chun is used in Chinese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʈ͡ʂʰwən/ for Chun.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 98 boys were recorded with the name Chun between 1974 and 2000. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1984; its best national rank was #3,969 in 1984.

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Chun between 1942 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1947; its best national rank was #4,421 in 1947.

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.

How common is Chun?

Chun had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2000, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2000
1 in 756,000
5 of 3,778,496 births
Among boys only
1 in 393,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2000
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
523,812 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Chun 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 2000 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 523,812 children born in 2000 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chun. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chuns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chun was born before 1986 — so the typical Chun is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
46.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
98
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1980s — 46.9% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Chun 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1984 (10)
Years since peak
41
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,969
1984

Spellings of Chun

Chun is not the most common spelling — Chad is, with 53.6% against Chun's 0.02%.

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 Chun is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Chun was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 139,188 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kansas1 in 100,000

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. Chun has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Chun around the world

Where Chun 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #3,689
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    1974–2001
    #423
    in 2001
  • France
    1983–2009
    #4,580
    in 2009
  • Canada
    1991–2017
    #2,091
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1970–2002
    #606
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Chun 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
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Best rank ever
#3,969
1984
Peak year
1984
10 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2000
All-time count
98
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,421
1947
Peak year
1947
7 that year
First recorded
1942
Last recorded
1956
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Chun

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

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Sibling names for Chun

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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