Name Legacy

Chaney

Recorded 1886–2025 · United States

Chaney was most popular in 2003, when 77 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,801 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,783 people named Chaney.

Most popular in2003
Rank that year#3,801
Births that year77
Total since 18801,783
Given to77% girls

Chaney over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Chaney’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chaney a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chaney is a unisex name — 77.0% of the 1,783 Americans given it were girls and 23.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Chaney is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org