China
China is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 816th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1992245 births
- Best rank
- #816in 1992
- Since 1885
- 4,600people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,600 girls have been named China in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 245 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 245 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 43%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named China | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 37 | |
| 1910s | 71 | |
| 1920s | 91 | |
| 1930s | 58 | |
| 1940s | 65 | |
| 1950s | 84 | |
| 1960s | 126 | |
| 1970s | 322 | |
| 1980s | 736 | |
| 1990s | 1,967 | |
| 2000s | 637 | |
| 2010s | 343 | |
| 2020s | 53 |
In 1992, its biggest year
China was the 816th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with China
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Daneshapeak 1994
- Marrissapeak 1993
- Lashaepeak 1992
- Kortneypeak 1990
- Kortnipeak 1990
- Keondrapeak 1996
- Courtneepeak 1990
- Keandrapeak 1994
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.