Chaka
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #9,243
Given to girls 76.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 147 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 841since 1974
Chaka over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
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| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #1,766 | 62 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,434 | 80 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #1,325 | 87 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #897 | 147 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #1,007 | 120 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,680 | 27 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chaka! It came in at #4,041, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Chaka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1976 (#1,007 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 428 spots in 1977 (#897 → #1,325)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1976 at #897 (147 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1976
- Highest: 1 in 9,967 girls born in 1976 were named Chaka (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 61.7% of all girls named Chaka (519) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1992, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 519 | #897 (1976) | #1,718 |
| 1980s | 308 | #1,766 (1980) | #4,125 |
| 1990s | 14 | #9,247 (1990) | #10,378 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chaka in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 19,148 of them was named Chaka, which outranked 87.5% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,422Moriah81
- #1,422Tamesha81
- #1,422Tonisha81
- #1,434Chaka80
- #1,434Aretha80
- #1,434Barbra80
- #1,434Chantell80
- #1,454Britney79
- #1,454Daniele79
- #1,454Elyse79
Tied with 19 names at #1,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 182,426 of them was named Chaka, which outranked 43.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,614Zahir10
- #3,614Zaire10
- #3,614Zalman10
- #3,857Chaka9
- #3,857Abdur9
- #3,857Adewale9
- #3,857Agostino9
- #4,157Abimael8
- #4,157Adrean8
- #4,157Airrion8
Tied with 299 names at #3,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.