Chana
Chana is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Chana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chana is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Chana
Chana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1944, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 433 births, good for #670 nationwide. About 24% of every Chana on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Chana ranks #670 for baby girls with 433 births, rising sharply (+16% over the past five years). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Chana
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About the name Chana
Chana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Chana's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #670. Use the chart and map above to compare Chana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.