girls:
841 births since 1974
#4875 (15th percentile)
boys:
262 births since 1968
#4324 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1968
#6636 (14th percentile)
The name Chaka is the #6,636 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,103 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 14.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,875 (14.7% percentile) for all time with 841 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,324 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 262 births since 1968.
Chaka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for boys and 1974 for girls). Birth data for Chaka is available in 29 out of the 34 years between 1968 and 2001 (24 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chaka has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2001, 0.0% of babies named Chaka were girls.
For girls, Chaka reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 18.7% percentile (ranked #618) with 94 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 94 births per million (ranked 18.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1991.
For boys, Chaka reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #639) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chaka".
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