Chi

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Chi: Recorded since 1991, its highest recorded position is #324, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#324highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1999	#2770
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2016	#5785
2018	#4684
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2024	#5891

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 boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2003: #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3099 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1991–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Chi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 166 births with the name.

Chi across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Chi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#976 (1996)	#4270 (2024)	24 of 29	166 (1996–2024)	14 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2411 (1997)	#5891 (2024)	18 of 29	74 (1996–2024)	7 (2008)

Chi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Chi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	47	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	70	9 of 10	8
2010s	38	8 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Chi appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1991 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Chi'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1991 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #324, first reached in 1991.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Chiara · #391, 36y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Marty · #324, 30y
Stan · #324, 29y
Aadam · #322, 29y
Ibraheem · #326, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dante · #324, 30y
Finnan · #324, 23y
Issac · #324, 30y
Kourtney · #324, 27y

Chi was ranked #324 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1991. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Chi 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 Chi without appearing here.

Chi moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #4598.
Fionn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #4373.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Chi

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3005 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Andrea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2690 and #2964 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #2020.
Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.

Moved the opposite way to Chi

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chi went from #3126 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chi went from #976 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chi went from #976 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chi went from #976 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.

Moved the same way as Chi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chi went from #976 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chi went from #3126 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Chi went from #976 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chi went from #3126 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1991 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chi

Chi at a glance

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Popularity journey

Chi across 2 official records

Chi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Chi across 2 official records

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