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China
Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
Rank in 2024
#13,156
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1992 · #817
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7 girls were named China, about 1 in every 230,455.
- It peaked in 1992 with 245 babies, ranked #817.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 4,600 girls have been named China since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named China per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 175 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 115 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 166 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 456 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,064 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,366 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 241 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Portuguese China, from possibly Venetan Cina probably under influence from Old French Chin, from Classical Persian چین (čīn) under influence from Medieval Latin Sīna (“China”), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (cīna, “the Chinese; China”) of uncertain etymology.
- (rare) A female given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for China, CC BY-SA 4.0.