Chany
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KHAH-nee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,117 for girls
Chany is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 2,117th for girls in the US (88 babies).
What does Chany mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Chana, the Hebrew form of Hannah
“grace, favour”
A pet form of Chana, the Hebrew form of Hannah, used mainly in Orthodox Jewish families.
Is Chany a girl's or a boy's name?
Chany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,117th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 88 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were named Chany, making it the 2,117th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 93 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Chany in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 111 girls in the US were given Chany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,580, up from #2,117 for this spelling alone.
Chany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,117 |
| 2024 | 93 | #2,067 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,608 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
Names like Chany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Blakely, Murphy, Kennedy, Brielle, Lainey, Finley, Rory, Kinsley, Cassidy, Kinley, Emery, Paisley
Other spellings of Chany
Names related to Chany
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chany: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chany, updated 20 October 2026.