Chana

What Chana means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Chana yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #847 in 2015 to #686 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Chana?

US: Rising: up from #847 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1783 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 432 girls got the name (#670 that year). First in the US records in 1944.

How common

• About 1 in 3,892 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 19,483 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (3.46 per 1,000 girls), NY (2.83 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Chana is #686 in the US and #2138 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Chana were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Chany88 US
• Shaina75 US · 5 E&W
• Shayna72 US
• Chyna27 US · 4 E&W
• Shana25 US · 6 E&W
• Chani11 US · 14 E&W
• Chaney16 US
• Shauna11 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Chana

Girls

• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Juliette#110Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #227 in 2015, #110 in 2025

For a brother

• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Chana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.