Chela
#11,408 most common girls' name of all time · #18,908 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1955–2011
Rank among girls
#11,408
Rank overall
#18,908 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
474
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1985 #1,547
Best rank
#1,547 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 79/yr
Chela first appears in 1955. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,082 |
| 2010 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,341 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,684 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,706 |
| 2006 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,593 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,802 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,999 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,168 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,647 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,497 |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,341 |
| 1999 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,585 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,402 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,503 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,948 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,371 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,093 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,837 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,784 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,056 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,002 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,638 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,563 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,982 |
| 1986 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,603 |
| 1985 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,547 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,320 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,771 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,040 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,095 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,494 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,724 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,945 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,799 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,307 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,576 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,545 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,363 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,754 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,328 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,589 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,072 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,776 |