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.

Chekesha

#20,936 most common girls' name of all time · #34,150 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–1982

Rank among girls
#20,936
Rank overall
#34,150 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
151
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1974 #2,679
Best rank
#2,679 1974
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1980

Chekesha first appears in 1972. 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
1982 7 — 7 #8,808
1980 6 — 6 #9,815
1979 5 — 5 #11,105
1978 12 — 12 #5,480
1977 13 — 13 #5,151
1976 24 — 24 #3,088
1975 21 — 21 #3,399
1974 28 — 28 #2,679
1973 23 — 23 #3,014
1972 12 — 12 #4,784