girls:
129 births since 1975
#5587 (2nd percentile)
overall:
129 births since 1975
#7610 (2nd percentile)
The name Chamika is the #7,610 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 129 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,587 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 129 births since 1975.
Chamika first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for girls in 1975). Birth data for Chamika is available in 14 out of the 18 years between 1975 and 1992. 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.
For girls, Chamika reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #784) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chamika".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Chamika. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.8% confident that Chamika is pronounced as chuh-MEE-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-MEE-kuh, at 30.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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