Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chara

#7,008 most common girls' name of all time · #11,783 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among girls
#7,008
Rank overall
#11,783 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,012
Since 2016
74
Peak year
1982 #2,475
Best rank
#2,282 1976
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
1960198020002020

Chara first appears in 1956. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 — 6 #13,473
2023 7 — 7 #12,408
2022 5 — 5 #15,681
2021 8 — 8 #11,341
2020 11 — 11 #9,078
2019 11 — 11 #9,233
2018 10 — 10 #9,963
2017 5 — 5 #16,254
2016 11 — 11 #9,543
2015 12 — 12 #9,039
2014 8 — 8 #12,111
2013 15 — 15 #7,834
2012 7 — 7 #13,699
2011 9 — 9 #11,341
2010 8 — 8 #12,476
2009 7 — 7 #13,961
2008 7 — 7 #14,083
2007 11 — 11 #10,268
2006 12 — 12 #9,416
2005 6 — 6 #14,809
2004 9 — 9 #10,875
2003 14 — 14 #7,677
2002 16 — 16 #6,789
2001 10 — 10 #9,500
2000 16 — 16 #6,575
1999 7 — 7 #11,613
1998 13 — 13 #7,221
1997 13 — 13 #6,954
1996 12 — 12 #7,259
1995 14 — 14 #6,374
1994 9 — 9 #9,009
1993 17 — 17 #5,507
1992 18 — 18 #5,355
1991 23 — 23 #4,397
1990 18 — 18 #5,140
1989 17 — 17 #5,154
1988 24 — 24 #3,850
1987 32 — 32 #3,000
1986 19 — 19 #4,258
1985 24 — 24 #3,563
1984 39 — 39 #2,444
1983 21 — 21 #3,759
1982 39 — 39 #2,475
1981 24 — 24 #3,494
1980 36 — 36 #2,635
1979 30 — 30 #2,904
1978 35 — 35 #2,500
1977 36 — 36 #2,445
1976 37 — 37 #2,282
1975 31 — 31 #2,551
1974 28 — 28 #2,660
1973 20 — 20 #3,313
1972 18 — 18 #3,491
1971 18 — 18 #3,619
1970 15 — 15 #3,981
1969 8 — 8 #5,772
1968 9 — 9 #5,027
1967 7 — 7 #5,848
1966 14 — 14 #3,534
1964 7 — 7 #5,877
1963 5 — 5 #7,313
1962 6 — 6 #6,395
1961 9 — 9 #4,840
1960 8 — 8 #5,114
1959 6 — 6 #6,126
1956 5 — 5 #6,749