first name
CHANA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 9,939 people named Chana, 91.6% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Black and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chana peaked in 2024, when 432 babies got the name.
At least 13,921 babies have been given the name since 1944. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Chana by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,430. The largest share of babies named Chana, 33.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Chana is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chana has been most common in New York (8.7×), New Jersey (7.3×), and Maryland (1.1×), and least common in Texas (0.04×).
12,035 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Chana
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chana, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chana ranks #58,068 of 156,621, with 378 people. See Chana as a last name
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