# Chinmay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chinmay/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “consciousness” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 181 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 181 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्मय (cinmaya, “consciousness”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 13 | 6,159 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7,182 |
| 2008 | 14 | 6,120 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,134 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,160 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,805 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,613 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,942 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,972 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,896 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,008 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,183 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,033 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,761 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,701 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: चिन्मय

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.