Chi
Chi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 202332 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1970
- 1,300people given the name
The story in the numbers
746 girls have been named Chi in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 32 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 26%.
Chi is used for both sexes: 43% of its bearers are boys (554), most of them born around 1985.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Chi was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Chi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sunnipeak 2024
- Lyndipeak 1989
- Tahirapeak 1975
- Jamilapeak 1977
- Sakinahpeak 1976
- Kristelpeak 1982
- Ayeshapeak 2016
- Mishapeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.