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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Ching

Used in both girl and boy records

Ching appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Ching by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDChing as a girl’s nameUS records 1980–1992
#34124girl rank1985peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDChing as a boy’s nameUS records 1982–1998
#16003boy rank1994peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Ching in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19859 uses#695119851980–19925 listed years
Boy199412 uses#368819821982–199811 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.