China
China was the 11148th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 816th with 245 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,827 places. More babies were named China in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,148 girls, down 4,157 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1992245 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,618babies recorded
China popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 1994.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,148 | 8 |
| 2020 | #6,991 | 16 |
| 2010 | #3,168 | 52 |
| 2000 | #1,281 | 151 |
| 1990 | #1,083 | 163 |
| 1980 | #1,725 | 65 |
| 1970 | #3,227 | 20 |
| 1960 | #3,234 | 15 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,717 | 7 |
| 1920 | #4,034 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,798 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,601 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is China, counting every spelling?
China is a spelling of Chyna, a name family that had 35 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 35 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chyna | 27 | #4,902 | 164 |
| China | 8 | #11,148 | 45 |
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 China?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named China (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named China 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 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named China.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named China?
About 4,200 people born in the US named China are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 27 and 38. That makes China 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with China: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like China, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name China
How popular is the name China?
China was the 11148th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 816th with 245 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,827 places. More babies were named China in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is China a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name China in the US.