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Chyna

Gender
Girl
Say it
CHY-na
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,877 for girls

Chyna is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).

What does Chyna mean?

English: spelling of China, the country name or fine porcelain

A spelling of China, the name of the country and of fine porcelain.

Is Chyna a girl's or a boy's name?

Chyna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Chyna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 64% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Chyna, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 54 girls.

2025 had more girls named Chyna than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Chyna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 54 in 20012025
Chyna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20197#3,340
20184#4,914
20173#5,998
20168#3,105
20157#3,433
20148#3,031
201315#1,964
20129#2,887
20119#2,794
201013#2,103
200915#1,848
200815#1,840
200711#2,198
200613#1,860
200511#2,061
200423#1,112
200326#997
200223#1,053
200154#578
200044#648
199929#837
199825#955
199727#895
19967#2,201

How popular is Chyna in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,877th among girls
Babies in 2025
27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 53% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Chyna, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 573 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.

Half of all the girls named Chyna in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1979Busiest: 573 in 19992025
Chyna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202527#4,877
202418#6,391
202329#4,652
202238#3,891
202152#3,112
202041#3,606
201949#3,221
201869#2,532
201777#2,357
2016102#1,956
2015122#1,719
2014139#1,562
2013171#1,362
2012224#1,108
2011163#1,402
2010142#1,562
2009113#1,866
2008101#2,042
200784#2,293
200691#2,127
2005111#1,766
2004151#1,379
2003160#1,296
2002212#1,021
2001395#639
2000500#527
1999573#463
1998404#597
1997288#740
1996202#949
1995114#1,423
1994101#1,531
1993127#1,316
1992151#1,162
1991117#1,371
199091#1,630
1989141#1,161
198827#3,478
198724#3,621
198612#5,754
19850–
19847#8,149
19836#9,013
198210#6,369
19817#8,126
198012#5,543
197910#6,188

Names like Chyna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Chloe, Keira, Ellie, Cara, Sienna, Kiara, Francesca, Jasmine, Zoe, Ava, Hannah, Emma

Names related to Chyna

Chana, China, Chyanne, Chynna, Cheyann, Chyann, Cynia

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Chyna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chyna, updated 20 October 2026.