Chasity
Chasity was the 4579th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 253rd with 935 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,082 places. More babies were named Chasity in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning variant of Chastity · American English, English
Say it CHAS-ih-tee /ˈtʃæsɪti/
- Rank in 2025
- #4,579 girls, down 1,913 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1976935 babies
- Total since 1880
- 24,437babies recorded
What does the name Chasity mean?
Chasity is an American spelling of Chastity, a virtue name from the English word chastity (from Latin castitas, "purity"). Wikipedia also suggests it may blend Chastity and Charity. Wiktionary's entry for Chastity quotes a magazine piece about Cher's child Chastity Bono, one well-known bearer. Chasity was most popular in the US in the late 1970s.
castitas (Latin, “purity, chastity”)
How sure is this? Probable. Chasity may be a respelling of Chastity or a blend with Charity.
Related names: Chastity, Charity, Chastitie.
See also: English names, virtue names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Chastity', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Chasity', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Chasity popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 23 since 1980.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,579 | 30 |
| 2020 | #2,666 | 63 |
| 2010 | #1,042 | 240 |
| 2000 | #492 | 547 |
| 1990 | #373 | 704 |
| 1980 | #296 | 840 |
| 1970 | #3,452 | 18 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chasity, counting every spelling?
Chasity is the most common spelling of a name family that had 30 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 30 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chasity | 30 | #4,579 | 246 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chasity?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chasity (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chasity born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chasity.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chasity?
About 23,700 people born in the US named Chasity are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 27 and 45. That makes Chasity mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chasity by state
How common Chasity was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chasity: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chasity, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Chasity · Sibling names for Chasity
Questions about the name Chasity
What does Chasity mean?
Chasity means “variant of Chastity” (American English, English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Chasity?
Chasity was the 4579th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 253rd with 935 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,082 places. More babies were named Chasity in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Chasity a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Chasity in the US.
Where is Chasity most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chasity was most common in Mississippi (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Indiana.