Chaney
Girl · CHAY-nee · French
Chaney is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “oak grove”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Chaney mean?
French: English surname of Norman French origin
“oak grove”
Silent-film star Lon Chaney (1883-1930) was known as 'the Man of a Thousand Faces'.
- Say it
- CHAY-nee
Is Chaney a girl's or a boy's name?
Chaney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chaney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Chaney, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had more girls named Chaney than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Chaney in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 83% of the babies named Chaney in the US were girls.
Chaney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
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