Chaka
Chaka is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 899th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1976147 births
- Best rank
- #899in 1976
- Since 1974
- 1,103people given the name
The story in the numbers
841 girls have been named Chaka in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 147 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 147 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 62%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Chaka is used for both sexes: 24% of its bearers are boys (262), most of them born around 1972.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1976, its biggest year
Chaka was the 899th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1976 were Jennifer, Amy, Melissa, Heather and Angela. See all of 1976.
Names that rose and fell with Chaka
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tennillepeak 1976
- Qianapeak 1978
- Januarypeak 1978
- Kizzypeak 1977
- Khalilahpeak 1976
- Takishapeak 1977
- Temekapeak 1977
- Lakishapeak 1977
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.