Given name
Chastity
“having purity; a woman of innocence”
Chastity is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “having purity; a woman of innocence.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “having purity; a woman of innocence.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chastity through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,711
- 0 boys · 9,711 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 749 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −70%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 749 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,541 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chastity’s family of names
Chastity has a related form in Chasity. Chastity has a related form in Chassidy. Chastity has a related form in Chasta.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Chastity
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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