# Chyna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chyna/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,805 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,805 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 409, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 163 | 1,403 |
| 2012 | 224 | 1,108 |
| 2013 | 171 | 1,364 |
| 2014 | 139 | 1,564 |
| 2015 | 122 | 1,719 |
| 2016 | 102 | 1,960 |
| 2017 | 77 | 2,364 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,537 |
| 2019 | 49 | 3,243 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,631 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3,124 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,905 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,671 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,456 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,902 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 13 | 1,748 |
| 2007 | 11 | 2,085 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,718 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,752 |
| 2010 | 13 | 1,993 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## 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.