Chi
Chi was the 6596th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 2516th; the most babies were born in 2023 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,704 places. More babies were named Chi in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,596 girls, up 96 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- 64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202332 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,326babies recorded
Chi popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,596 | #8,379 | 17 | 9 |
| 2020 | #6,692 | #6,034 | 17 | 14 |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | #12,057 | #8,334 | 7 | 7 |
| 1990 | #4,144 | #4,449 | 24 | 12 |
| 1980 | #3,339 | #3,449 | 25 | 12 |
| 1970 | #8,197 | #4,317 | 5 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Chi, counting every spelling?
Chi has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Chi?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chi (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chi 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 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chi?
About 700 people born in the US named Chi are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 11 and 45. That makes Chi 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.
Chi by state
How common Chi was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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
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Questions about the name Chi
How popular is the name Chi?
Chi was the 6596th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 2516th; the most babies were born in 2023 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,704 places. More babies were named Chi in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Chi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Chi in the US.
Where is Chi most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chi was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.