Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Chiaki isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chiaki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 515 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.
Chiaki’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Chiaki is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ちあき. In Japanese usage, Chiaki is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 千明. In Japanese usage, Chiaki is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 千晃.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Chiaki
- Chiaki MukaiJapanese physician and JAXA astronaut (born 1952)
- Chiaki MinamiyamaJapanese association football playerborn 1985
- Chiaki KuriyamaJapanese actress and singerborn 1984
- Chiaki OmigawaJapanese voice actressborn 1989
- Chiaki J. KonakaJapanese writerborn 1961
- Chiaki TakahashiJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1977
- Chiaki IshikawaJapanese singer-songwriterborn 1969
- Chiaki IshiiBrazilian judokaborn 1941
- Chiaki TomitaJapanese rowerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.