Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

China

Gender

Female

Origin

English
Thursday
Asian country; fine, delicate porcelain

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Nature
  • Place
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of China

Pronunciation

ch(i)-na

Famous People

Singer Chynna Phillips

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1997 (rank #9259, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1992 (rank #816, 245 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–8
2024–7
2023–10
2022–14
2021–6
2020–16
2019–18
2018–15
2017–11
2016–33

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #1036, 20 births); most recent 2014 (rank #3998, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #4278, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence