Chau was the #5,927 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
Chau as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2025
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#5,927 (3)
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2022
#12,243 (7)
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2021
#15,251 (5)
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2017
#14,124 (6)
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2015
#14,482 (6)
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2013
#14,582 (6)
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2012
#10,429 (10)
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2010
#16,992 (5)
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2009
#9,975 (11)
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2008
#15,405 (6)
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2006
#17,168 (5)
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2005
#13,010 (7)
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2004
#16,099 (5)
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2003
#15,784 (5)
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2002
#11,108 (8)
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Chau as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1992
#7,422 (6)
1991
#5,942 (8)
1988
#6,426 (6)
1987
#4,968 (8)
1986
#6,721 (5)
1985
#3,599 (12)
1984
#3,701 (11)
1983
#3,884 (10)
1982
#2,831 (16)
1981
#4,961 (7)
1979
#4,403 (8)
1977
#5,845 (5)
1976
#5,587 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2025 at #5,927.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2025.
In 1992, 54% of US babies named Chau were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 83,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales 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.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.