Is Chi a boy or girl name?

Chi is a unisex name. Of the 1,326 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 57.5% were girls and 42.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2019, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Chi

Recorded 1970–2025 · United States

Chi was most popular in 1982, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,331 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,326 people named Chi.

Chi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chi’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chi is a unisex name — 57.5% of the 1,326 Americans given it were girls and 42.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2019 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 63% girls and 37% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Chi

Where Chi is most concentrated

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

California 7.9×

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