girls:
474 births since 1955
#5242 (8th percentile)
overall:
474 births since 1955
#7265 (6th percentile)
The name Chela is the #7,265 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 474 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 6.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,242 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 474 births since 1955.
Chela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (first recorded for girls in 1955). Birth data for Chela is available in 43 out of the 57 years between 1955 and 2011. 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, Chela reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #726) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 43 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chela".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Chela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.6% confident that Chela is pronounced as CHEH-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHEE-luh, at 21.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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