Chaka**
#6,595 most common girls' name of all time · #11,107 across all names · 24% male / 76% female · used 1968–2001 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#6,595
Rank overall
#11,107 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
1,103
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1976 #902
Best rank
#902 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 167/yr
Chaka first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,045 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #9,605 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,419 |
| 1988 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,499 |
| 1987 | 18 | 5 | 23 | #4,598 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,632 |
| 1985 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,195 |
| 1984 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,975 |
| 1983 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,705 |
| 1982 | 38 | 5 | 43 | #2,524 |
| 1981 | 45 | 6 | 51 | #2,258 |
| 1980 | 62 | 8 | 70 | #1,781 |
| 1979 | 70 | 8 | 78 | #1,621 |
| 1978 | 80 | 9 | 89 | #1,450 |
| 1977 | 87 | 16 | 103 | #1,330 |
| 1976 | 147 | 20 | 167 | #902 |
| 1975 | 120 | 18 | 138 | #1,011 |
| 1974 | 15 | 18 | 33 | #4,197 |
| 1973 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1972 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1971 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1970 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1969 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | — |