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How popular is the name China?
Births per year, rank history and how many Chinas are alive today.
China (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2014 (ranked 4003rd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1998, when 20 babies were given the name, the 1036th most popular that year.
The China you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Chinas born in England and Wales are between 19 and 31, and there are at least 260 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called China - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a China.
How many babies are named China each year?
Where does China rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name China most popular?
China peaked in 1998, when 20 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called China?
At least 260 people named China born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical China?
Most living Chinas are between 19 and 31; the most common age is about 29.
Is China becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.