Chana

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Chana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Chana: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,018 in 1999, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1018highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1958
1998	#1392
1999	#1018
2000	#2416
2001	#1107
2002	#1530
2003	#1269
2004	#2112
2005	#1589
2006	#1325
2007	#1502
2008	#1516
2009	#1287
2010	#1901
2011	#1665
2012	#1991
2013	#2062
2014	#1966
2015	#1783
2016	#1920
2017	#1628
2018	#2090
2019	#1854
2020	#1449
2021	#1569
2022	#1948
2023	#1288
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1018 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Chana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	52	4 of 10	13
2000s	153	10 of 10	15
2010s	150	10 of 10	15
2020sbusiest	99	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Chana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1018 in England and Wales in 1999.

Chana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1449	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1287	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1018	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,018, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,541position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 202325 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lilly-Anne · #1018, 24y
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Eddy · #1019, 29y
Hamnah · #1019, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Meer · #1018, 26y
Eddy · #1019, 29y
Hamnah · #1019, 26y
Umaymah · #1019, 29y

Chana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chana without appearing here.

Chana moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1107 and #3998.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1991 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Chana

Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1269 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #736.
Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1018 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2416 and #1313.
Riley Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1107 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #822.
Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1287 and #1526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #1218.

Moved the opposite way to Chana

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chana went from #1018 to #1541 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chana went from #1018 to #1541 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1018 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chana

Chana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Chana and the names beside it

Chana moved ahead of

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Chana at a glance

Chana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Chana and the names beside it

Chana moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chana

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