Girls' name · peaked in 1976
Chasity name popularity since 1925
24,437 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Chasity. Half of them were born in 1989 or earlier, so the typical Chasity is about 37 years old in 2026. Chasity peaked in 1976 as the #253 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,437
- Named Chasity, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,579 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 24,414 girls · 23 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 3.52× its national share
Peak year is the year Chasity made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Chasity births per year, 1925–2025
1976 was the biggest year for Chasity both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1972 and 1977, Chasity became 4.1× more common, from 1 in 8,220 baby girls to 1 in 1,990.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 5,140 to 1 in 9,260.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Chasity's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Chasity.
Decade by decade
Babies named Chasity in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 5,317 | 0 | #313 |
| 1980s | 7,086 | 23 | #337 |
| 1990s | 6,430 | 0 | #428 |
| 2000s | 3,780 | 0 | #806 |
| 2010s | 1,492 | 0 | #1,497 |
| 2020–25 | 309 | 0 | #4,579 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
45.0% of babies named Chasity from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Chasity is most popular
The index compares Chasity's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Chasity.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 3.52× | 1,677 |
| Kentucky | 3.40× | 1,288 |
| Mississippi | 3.34× | 915 |
| Louisiana | 3.15× | 1,279 |
| Alabama | 2.84× | 1,134 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Chasity and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Chasity (this page) | 24,414 | 1976 |
| Chassity | 2,236 | 1988 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Chasity's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Chasity.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Chasity (1976).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data