first name
CHINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,979 people named China, 61.1% reported their origin as Black, 17.2% as White and 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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China peaked in 1992, when 245 babies got the name.
At least 4,618 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.
China by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,719. The largest share of babies named China, 44.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 China is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, China has been most common in Georgia (3.2×), Michigan (2.8×), and Illinois (2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.61×).
2,296 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 China
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of China, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, China ranks #28,982 of 156,621, with 872 people. See China as a last name
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