How rare is the name Chastity?

7,541 people in the United States have the first name Chastity, about 1 in 40,052. It ranks #2,979 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHASTITY

#2,979

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,541
About
1 in 40,052
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,541 people named Chastity, 55.4% reported their origin as White, 23.6% as Black and 13% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Chastity peaked in 1974, when 749 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692023
Peak year
1974
Births that year
749
In 2023
9 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,711 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Chastity by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #831. The largest share of babies named Chastity, 48.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1960s#15,8207
1970s#8314,350
1980s#1,3012,371
1990s#1,8131,802
2000s#3,632883
2010s#8,529273
2020s#24,79625
Generation X 1965–8048.2%
Millennials 1981–9634.8%
Generation Z 1997–1215%
2013 and later2%

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 Chastity is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chastity has been most common in Kentucky (2.9×), Tennessee (2.6×), and Louisiana (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.17×).

7,623 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 Chastity

#2,976 Odin · 7,549#2,978 Shakira · 7,544#2,980 Theron · 7,539#2,981 Amya · 7,536

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chastity, most common first.

#22,040 Chastidy · 455

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