NameTides

Chana

Chana was the #686 girls' name in the US in 2025 (413 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Chana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Chana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Chana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#686 (413)#2,138 (13)#1,974 (11)
2024#670 (432)#1,541 (20)#1,617 (14)
2023#715 (394)#1,288 (25)#3,290 (5)
2022#808 (347)#1,948 (14)#1,635 (13)
2021#800 (352)#1,569 (19)#1,778 (12)
2020#782 (347)#1,449 (21)#2,591 (7)
2019#784 (354)#1,854 (15)#1,138 (22)
2018#747 (370)#2,090 (13)#1,122 (22)
2017#856 (319)#1,628 (19)#1,673 (13)
2016#765 (373)#1,920 (15)#1,600 (14)
2015#847 (331)#1,783 (16)#2,011 (10)
2014#862 (319)#1,966 (14)#1,279 (19)
2013#775 (351)#2,062 (13)#1,512 (15)
2012#811 (330)#1,991 (14)#1,787 (12)
2011#841 (314)#1,665 (17)#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #670.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1944.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Chana is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #57NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #55NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,685FL
Chana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696

Chana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChanaCanadaGirls#1,97411
ChanaEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
ChanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ChanaUSGirls#686413